sure prosecutor waymire filed an indictment in 2010, but the name on that indictment was john doe notve a statute limitations set up for a reason. it's not to let people get away with things, it's just because it's hard to try to prove your innocence after a certain amount of time. like phone records. go back seven years. bank statements i think are six or seven years. so, like, you can't even try to go back to try, you know, prove your innocence or to prove things differently. and that's hard. >> hansen's lawyer argued the "john doe" indictment should be dismissed and the judge ruled an appellate court could hear that motion before the trial even got underway. a huge victory for justin hansen and a major setback for prosecutor david waymire who knew the "john doe" indictment was uncharted legal territory. >> although that had been done once before in new mexico in a different case, it had never actually gone up and been reviewed by the appellate courts to ensure that it was legally allowed. >> waymire had been concerned about the strength of the case all along, he'd even offered hans