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Defense claims self-defense in Rancho Cucamongasamurai swordsmurder trial.
Burton died July 16, 2006, after her husband,滤布Michael Burton, stabbed her 10 times with a samurai sword in the couple's Rancho Cucamonga home. He then tried to take his own life.
At issue Wednesday in West Valley Superior Court was whether Michael Burton, 48, was acting in self-defense.
His attorney, Winston McKesson, told jurors during his opening statement that Otilia Burton first became violent when she threw a kitchen knife at her husband during an argument.
She later stabbed her husband in the chest with the knife, McKesson said, and while defending himself Michael Burton killed his wife with asamurai swords.
Michael Burton will testify during the trial, McKesson told jurors.
Deputy District Attorney Michelle Daly disputed the滤布defense version of events Wednesday, telling jurors in her opening statement that that in conversations the morning of the killing, Michael Burton never said his wife attacked him and never said he acted in self-defense.
And before the attack, Burtonsamurai swordsconfided in a friend that he wanted to kill his wife, Daly said.
