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According to court documents, a former Baylor basketball player who pleaded guilty to killing his teammate two years ago told authorities that he thought people were trying to kill him because he "is Jesus, the son of God."

Carlton Dotson, 23, faces from five years to life in prison when he is sentenced Wednesday. He pleaded guilty earlier this month in the death of Patrick Dennehy, 21, who was killed in 2003.

No witnesses were expected to be called during the hearing. The judge will consider documents filed in the last week by prosecutors and defense attorneys.

Part of the prosecution's report includes FBI documents detailing Dotson's confession, in which he said "a higher power told him to talk to the FBI" and told authorities where to look for Dennehy. The body was found a few days later.

He told FBI agents that one day Dennehy pointed a gun at him after the pair went to gravel pits for target practice. When Dennehy's gun jammed, Dotson said "Father, please forgive me," and shot his friend. He then went to pack his belongings, called a relative to wire him money and drove home to Maryland, throwing the gun in a lake along the way.

But the autopsy doesn't support his self-defense claim. Dennehy was shot twice: once above the right ear and once behind it toward the back of the head.

Last fall, Dotson was found incompetent to stand trial and was sent to a state mental hospital. He was released and returned to jail in February after a hospital psychologist said Dotson's accounts of hearing voices and seeing things were "suspect." The doctor said Dotson was competent but must keep taking anti-psychotic medication.

Dotson attorneys later said they would not use an insanity defense.

By Angela K. Brown