
Tina Lunney, pictured here in this 2009 police hand out photo.

Tina Lunney is arraigned on charges
of killing her mother, Marie Zoppi, 74, of Fairfield.
(Patti Sapone/The-Star
Ledger)

Tina Lunney in court for opening statements in her trial at the
Essex County Courthouse in
Newark.
Lunney is accused of killing her
84-year-old mother in their Fairfield home. 5/7/13
(John O'Boyle/The
Star-Ledger)

Tina Lunney in court for opening statements in her trial at the
Essex County Courthouse in Newark.
(John O'Boyle/The
Star-Ledger)

Defense attorney Albert Kapin and Tina Lunney in court for
opening statements in Lunney's trial
at the Essex County Courthouse
in Newark. 5/7/13
(John O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger)

Tina Lunney in court for opening statements in her trial at the
Essex County Courthouse in Newark.
(John O'Boyle/The
Star-Ledger)

Tina Lunney watches the jury leave the courtroom during her trial
at the Essex
County Courthouse in Newark.
(John
O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger)

Chris Lunney wipes a tear as he testifies during the trial of his
ex-wife Tina Lunney at the Essex
County Courthouse in Newark. 5/7/13
(John O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger)
The victim

Marie Zoppi, in this undated photo, was killed in July 2009.
(Essex County Prosecutor's Office)