Defense attorneys appear prepared to argue that the Bowie State University student charged in 2011 with stabbing her roommate to death was acting in self-defense when a simple dorm room dispute escalated into a deadly altercation.

Alexis Simpson, 20, was indicted in October 2011 for murder and carrying a dangerous weapon in the death of 18-year-old Dominique Frazier. Jury selection for the case wrapped up Thursday, and the trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday.