the state claims that 52-year-old kevin henriksson yelled i'm going to kill you just before stabbing his daughter's ex-boyfriend. defendant spotted the victim in his pickup truck in northwood with henriksson's daughter inside, despite a restraining order to keep him way. >> the defendant will testify he didn't want to hit back but he obviously didn't want to get hit, so he drabs the defendant by both hans, so the defendant can't hit him any for. what does the defendant do? he bites him right above the left eye. reporter: the stateis and hess, but his lawyer calls itself defense. >> he tried to stab my climate. my client got the knife away from him in a struggle, stabbed and tried to get away from his daughter. >> henriksson went into a rage. this was not self defense. i ask that you find him guilty of attempted murder, first degree assault. >> this is self defense. apart. ripped it apart. this is a goodman, not guilty. reporter: the state claims that henriksson didn't initial describe it as self defense, but his lawyers said he did and that there's proof on the recordings from the bo