Prosecutors are opposing defense attorneys’ request for a delay in the trial of a woman accused of killing her co-worker at a Bethesda yoga store so they can investigate her mental health issues, saying the woman previously denied having psychological problems. Lawyers for 29-year-old Brittany Norwood filed a motion last week asking that her Oct. 24 trial be delayed so they can properly prepare for a so-called insanity plea, known in Maryland as “not criminally responsible.”

Norwood is scheduled to stand trial on first-degree murder charges that she brutally beat 30-year-old Jayna Murray to death at the Lululemon Athletica where they both worked.