Trial begins for Cottonwood Heights man accused of killing wife
Cottonwood Heights • He killed her because of extreme emotional
stress, defense tells jury.  There is no question who killed
Touch Choun at her Cottonwood Heights home in 2009; no doubt
over who stabbed her 19 times.  "This is Dennis Lambdin,"
defense attorney Neal Hamilton told the court as the 64-year-old
defendant sat just feet away. "This is the man who brutally
killed his wife."  Lambdin is charged in 3rd District Court with
murder in the death of his wife. And as the defense and
prosecution addressed 10 jurors during opening statements
Tuesday, no one argued that Lambdin didn't do it. Instead, the
defense acknowledged just the opposite.  "This is no whodunit.
At the end of this trial, you will find [Lambdin] guilty of
killing his wife," Hamilton told the jury. "What I need you to
consider is, did he snap? Why did he snap? What was he going
through that may have caused him to snap?"  The crux of
Lambdin's defense centers around his supposed