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Defense: ‘Wrong person on trial’ in death, beheading

This 2020 booking photo provided by the Cheshire County Department of Corrections shows Armando Barron. Barron faces trial Monday May 16, 2022 in Keene, N.H. on charges of killing his wife's male co-worker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him after she drove with the body for 200 miles to a remote campsite. The Associated Press had not been naming the couple in order not to identify Britany Barron, who said she suffered extreme abuse. Through her lawyer, she recently agreed to the use of her name. (Cheshire County Department of Corrections via AP)

From left, Armando Barron, and his attorney Meredith Lugo sit beside a screen displaying an X-Ray showing the two bullets in the skull of Justin Amerault during the first day of Barron's murder trial at Cheshire County Superior Court, Tuesday May 17, 2022 in Keene, N.H. Barron, who plead not guilty, is on trial on charges of killing his wife's male co-worker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him after she drove with the body for 200 miles to a remote campsite. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

An image of Britany Barron is shown on a computer screen as her husband Armando Barron looks toward the jury during opening arguments in his trial at Cheshire County Superior Court, Tuesday May 17, 2022 in Keene, N.H. Barron, who plead not guilty, is on trial on charges of killing his wife's male co-worker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him after she drove with the body for 200 miles to a remote campsite. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

Judge Elizabeth M. Leonard addresses the jury on the first day of the murder trial of Armando Barron in Cheshire County Superior Court, Tuesday May 17, 2022 in Keene, N.H. Barron, who plead not guilty, is on trial on charges of killing his wife's male co-worker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him after she drove with the body for 200 miles to a remote campsite. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

Assistant Attorney General Benjamin J. Agati speaks to the jury as Judge Elizabeth M. Leonard looks on during the first day of the murder trial of Armando Barron in Cheshire County Superior Court, Tuesday May 17, 2022 in Keene, N.H. Barron, who plead not guilty, is on trial on charges of killing his wife's male co-worker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him after she drove with the body for 200 miles to a remote campsite. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

Attorney Meredith Lugo, of the NH Public Defender's Office speaks to the jury as Judge Elizabeth M. Leonard looks on during the first day of the murder trial of Armando Barron in Cheshire County Superior Court, Tuesday May 17, 2022 in Keene, N.H. Barron, who plead not guilty, is on trial on charges of killing his wife's male co-worker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him after she drove with the body for 200 miles to a remote campsite. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

Armando Barron, left, watches the prosecutor's opening statement while seated beside a member of his defense team during the first day of his trial at Cheshire County Superior Court, Tuesday May 17, 2022 in Keene, N.H. Barron, who plead not guilty, is on trial on charges of killing his wife's male co-worker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him after she drove with the body for 200 miles to a remote campsite. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

Armando Barron speaks with a member of his defense team during the first day of his trial at Cheshire County Superior Court, Tuesday May 17, 2022 in Keene, N.H. Barron, who plead not guilty, is on trial on charges of killing his wife's male co-worker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him after she drove with the body for 200 miles to a remote campsite. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

Armando Barron looks toward the jury during the first day of his trial at Cheshire County Superior Court, Tuesday May 17, 2022 in Keene, N.H. Barron, who plead not guilty, is on trial on charges of killing his wife's male co-worker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him after she drove with the body for 200 miles to a remote campsite. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

Armando Barron arrives in a courtroom on the first day of his trial at Cheshire County Superior Court, Tuesday May 17, 2022 in Keene, N.H. Barron, who plead not guilty, is on trial on charges of killing his wife's male co-worker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him after she drove with the body for 200 miles to a remote campsite. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

Defense: ‘Wrong person on trial’ in death, beheading