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Tony Gonzalez
WARWICK, R.I. -- A jury is about to weigh whether Tony Gonzalez murdered a man in a jealous rage, as prosecutors say, or is being set up by a lying ex-girlfriend, as his lawyers assert.
Jurors heard closing arguments Monday in Gonzalez's trial for allegedly murdering 23-year-old Carl Cunningham Jr. Jan. 22, 2012.
Gonzalez's lawyer cast the state's witnesses, particularly his ex, Patricia Delomba, as liars not to be believed.
"Who is Patricia Delomba? ... She's a nightmare," Bryan Owens said.
Prosecutors acknowledged Delomba might be rude, obnoxious and unlike able.
"But the one thing she didn't do is lie to you," said prosecutor Maureen Keough.
Prosecutors say Gonzalez came to Delomba's house intending to kill her new boyfriend and killed Cunningham instead.
He is charged with murdering Cunningham and trying to murder Delomba's new boyfriend.
(Correction: An earlier headline mistakenly reported that the defendant was from Warwick.)