Their opening statements. Statements. And the defendant repeatedly struck his mom over the head overernd over at least eight time absolutely unleasing on to his mother until she was deadthe prosecution argued the woman was defenseless when she diedthey also said cusic was addicted to drugs and attacked his mom to get her medicinethe defense argued cusic was addicted to druks but instead suffered from Mental Illness which theory as you listen to the evidence makes more sense or that he did it because he was out of his mindthe chief medical examiner also took the witness stand today she said cusic hit his mom at least eight times before she dieded the iowa chief medical examiner also took the stand today. She said ms. Cusic was hit with a crow bar 8 times before she died from her injuries. Trial will resume tomorrow morning at 8 30 am. Now a cbs 2 news update updatean outofstate inmate at the cinter of a smuggling vestigation at the state prison in anamosa, is now being punished. Punishe