The defense in the Sarah Dutra murder trial rested its case last week, and closing arguments began Tuesday.

The 22-year-old former Sacramento State student did not testify in her trial, but her attorney, Kevin Clymo, did put two psychologists on the stand who testified to Dutra’s state of mind.

The two psychologists who testified on Dutra’s behalf said she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, nightmares and sleeplessness stemming from the death of Sacramento attorney Larry McNabney.

Dutra is on trial for taking part in the murder of McNabney.

McNabney’s body was found in a San Joaquin vineyard in February 2002, and Dutra was arrested in March of the same year.

If convicted of the crime, Dutra faces the possibility of life in prison.

Dutra did not testify during her trail, but the jury watched a videotape of Dutra’s interrogation with San Joaquin County officials.

In the videotape, Dutra said Laren Sims Jordan, McNabney’s wife, did the killing and then forced Dutra to help take care of McNabney’s body. Dutra said she cooperated because Jordan threatened her life.

Jordan made Dutra help her hide McNabney’s body in a refrigerator until Jordan could dispose of it, Dutra said on the videotape.

University of the Pacific psychologist Roger Katz was one of the two psychologists who interviewed Dutra while she was in jail.

Katz said the memories of the event haunted Dutra long after McNabney’s death.

Every time she would open a refrigerator, it would remind her of McNabney, Katz said. She could see the eyes of McNabney’s corpse staring back at her, he said.

Clinical and forensic psychologist John Podboy testified that Dutra started to become dependent on marijuana following the murder to help her cope with it.

Podboy testified that Dutra continued her relationship with Jordan after the murder because she thought Jordan would harm either herself or her family.

Podboy also testified that he thought Dutra was an upstanding citizen and spoke of Dutra making the dean’s list.

Podboy noted that Dutra failed one class and received a D in another in the fall semester the killing occurred, but Podboy said she earned a B-plus in an ethics class.

Durta was conflicted by what she learned in the ethics class and what happened with McNabney, Podboy said.

The jury is scheduled to start deliberations this week.