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Arias defense tries to discredit state witness

By Brian Skoloff
Published April 18, 2013 4:00am ET
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Arias defense tries to discredit state witness
Prosecutor Juan Martinez looks on during the cross examination of Dr. Janeen DeMarte during the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Arias is on trial for the killing of her boyfriend, Travis Alexander in 2008. Arias claims self-defense but faces a potential death sentence if convicted of first-degree murder. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace, Pool) | David Wallace

PHOENIX (AP) — Testimony has resumed in Jodi Arias’ murder trial as a defense attorney attacks the credibility of a prosecution witness who says the defendant wasn’t a battered woman and doesn’t suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Clinical psychologist Janeen DeMarte is testifying as a prosecution rebuttal witness after the defense rested its case.

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