VIDEO: The Setting of the Nathaniel Fujita Murder Trial

For the past three weeks, Courtroom 530 at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn has served as the setting for the murder trial that has consumed the thoughts of people throughout Wayland and well beyond that town.

For three weeks, Nathaniel Fujita, now 20, has sat in Courtroom 530 as attorneys questioned more than 30 witnesses in his trial on first-degree murder and other charges arising from the death of Lauren Astley.

Both Astley and Fujita were 18 years old when prosecutors say that Fujita, enraged because Astley had broken up with him, lured her to his family's Wayland garage where he strangled her and cut her throat on July 3, 2011.

The prosecution has said Fujita's actions were both premeditated and purposeful, while the defense has argued that Fujita suffered a brief psychotic episode at the time of the murder and is therefore not criminally responsible for his actions.

Throughout the past three weeks, witnesses ranging from classmates to co-workers to family members to investigators to mental health experts have taken the stand to offer testimony in the case.

Judge Peter Lauriat on Monday told jurors that he expects they will be given the case and instructed to begin deliberating on their verdict by Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday morning will involve the conclusion of the defense's cross-examination of the state's mental health expert, up to an hour of closing statements from each side, and the judge's instructions to jurors.

For a complete recap of the trial to this point, check out the Wayland Murder Trial Live Blogs for each day (The March 4 blog is here), or see the Wayland Murder: Nathaniel Fujita Trial page for an archive of the coverage.

For a quick look around the courtroom where this trial has transpired, see the attached video.