A preview of pot's possible role in insanity defense in Denver murder

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Richard Kirk's attorneys are poised to argue that marijuana intoxication led to wife's slaying

Authorities remove evidence from an Observatory Park home in April 2014 as they investigate a homicide. Richard Kirk, above left, faces murder charges in the shooting death of Kristine Kirk, above right. Cannabis intoxication will play a pivotal role in the trial as Kirk pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)

For the first time since marijuana was legalized in Colorado, defense attorneys are poised to argue that cannabis intoxication played a key role in a homicide.

A recent set of filings by Richard Kirk's attorneys — and his change of plea to not guilty by reason of insanity — provide a possible preview of the connection attorneys may try to make between Kirk's mental state the night he killed his wife and the nibbles of a marijuana candy he ate...

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