Aisha Barr is charged with reckless manslaughter for allegedly stabbing Christopher Greene to death
NEWARK -- A Newark woman pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of stabbing her boyfriend to death last year during an argument over an Xbox video game console.
Aisha Barr, 29, entered the plea through her attorney, John McMahon, when she was arraigned before Superior Court Judge Ronald Wigler on charges in the May 31 killing of 26-year-old Christopher Greene in the couple's city home.
Barr was indicted on Feb. 26 on reckless manslaughter and weapons charges. She remains in custody at the Essex County Correctional Facility in lieu of $250,000 bail.
During Monday's hearing, McMahon said he had been working with an expert - "a forensic social worker who works in the field of battered women" - and he provided the expert's report on Monday to prosecutors "to see if we can reach a resolution."
Barr is scheduled to return to court on April 25.
The incident allegedly occurred in the couple's home in the 100 block of Stuyvesant Avenue, where Barr and Greene were arguing over an Xbox video game console and the dispute ultimately turned physical, authorities said.
Authorities have said the altercation ended when Barr grabbed a kitchen knife and thrust it into Greene's chest.
Greene was taken to University Hospital in Newark, where he was pronounced dead later that day.
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