"Do you have memory problems, ma'am," prosecutor Juan Martinez asked, Jodi Arias, while cross-examining her on the stand Thursday.
"Sometimes," she replied.
"When do you have memory problems? Martinez asked, raising his voice.
"Usually when men like you are screaming at me or grilling me or someone like Travis," Arias said.
The heated exchange epitomized the tense ninth day of testimony for the 32-year-old Arias. She faces a potential death sentence if convicted of first-degree murder of her Arizona lover, Travis Alexander.
Throughout Thursday's testimony, the prosecution began its cross-examination, hammering her with questions about her apparent selective memory, according to CBSnews.com
Arias testified on Wednesday she recalled little about the day of the killing. She remembered Alexander in a rage, body slamming her and chasing her around his home.
She said she grabbed a gun from his closet, and it went off, but she was never sure she had shot him. She had no explanation for his 27 stab wounds and slit throat. He had also been shot in the forehead.
Arias also attempted to explain the varying accounts of her story, first telling authorities she knew nothing about Alexander's death, then later blamed it on masked intruders. She ultimately said she killed him out of self-defense.
Prosecutors seek to show that Arias planned the attack in advance to secure a first-degree murder conviction and a chance for a death sentence.
The trial is set to resume Monday.
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