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By Jon Herskovitz STEPHENVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - A former U.S. Marine was in the midst of a paranoid psychotic episode when he fatally shot Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL whose best-selling autobiography was turned into the hit movie "American Sniper," his lawyer told a Texas jury on Wednesday. Opening statements began in the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, 27, charged with murdering Kyle, who was credited with the most kills of any U.S. sniper, as well as Kyle's friend and neighbor Chad Littlefield in February 2013 at a shooting range about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Fort Worth. While riding in the truck, Kyle sent a text message to Littlefield, who was sitting next to him in front, about Routh, sitting in back. Erath County District Attorney Alan Nash said evidence shows that Routh shot the two men multiple times in the back and stole the truck and weapons, knowing it was wrong.
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