DENVER—A man accused of killing a woman and then stuffing her body in a barrel claims he was insane at the time of the slaying.
Ahmad Clewis-Green is on trial in Denver for first-degree murder in the October 2008 slaying of 27-year-old Esperanza Pardue.
During opening statements, prosecutor Alma Staub told jurors that two court-appointed doctors found that Clewis-Green had mental problems but was not insane at the time of the slaying.
Defense attorney Albert Zweig told jurors that the doctors evaluated Clewis-Green after he had been stabilized with medication.
Police say Clewis-Green told them he repeatedly hit Pardue in the head with a metal pipe after she went to his apartment to have sex for money.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
