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Article: Burton testifies in murder trial, claims memory loss in wife's killing
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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- June 29, 2009
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Michael Burton took the witness stand in his
own defense Monday, claiming that prior to killing his wife with a
samurai sword in 2006, she attacked him with a Taser and stabbed him
with a kitchen knife.
Burton, a former Pasadena firefighter, also testified that he
blacked out during a portion of the incident and has no memory of
inflicting his wife's 11 stab wounds.
In 2 1/2 hours on the witness stand Monday in West Valley
Superior Court, Burton detailed the history of his 13-year marriage,
and the July 16, 2006 incident at the couple's Rancho Cucamonga home
that ended in Otilia Burton's death.
It was the tenth day of testimony in Burton's murder trial, and
the most ...