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Sui Kam "Tony" Tung was found guilty of all counts in the horrific killing of Robert Cantor, who authorities said was his estranged wife's lover, over a decade ago.
Superior Court Judge Christopher Kazlau scheduled sentencing for Sept. 8. Tung faces a minimum of 30 years and a maximum of life, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Tung was found guilty of the same crimes in 2016, but a state appeals court overturned the convictions and sent the case back to Superior Court in Hackensack for a retrial.
The appeals judges focused, in large part, on what they considered inappropriate testimony by a detective in the prosecution of Tung, who prosecutors said shot the 59-year-old Cantor and then set his body and house on fire March 6, 2011.
The panel also said prosecutors erred in making “repeated references” during the trial to Tung saying that he wanted a lawyer and refusing to allow non-warranted searches of his car and computer -- rights that the appeals judges said the U.S. Constitution guarantees.
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Tung entered Cantor's Elm Avenue home between 10:30 p.m. March 5 and 1 a.m. the next day, Musella said.
It was mere days after Tung's soon-to-be ex-wife served him with divorce papers.
Tung led Cantor to a basement bedroom where Cantor had slept with the woman, then shot him in the back of the head with a .380 caliber handgun, the prosecutor said.
He then put the corpse on the bed, doused it with an accelerant and set it on fire, investigators said.
Tung also set fire to the bed, the bedroom and the house before fleeing, Musella said.
Teaneck firefighters who extinguished the blaze found Cantor's remains and alerted police.
Defense attorney Ian Silvera insisted that his client was innocent, telling jurors during the eight-week trial that prosecutors didn't produce any eyewitnesses or direct physical evidence.
They, in turn, agreed with Assistant Bergen County Prosecutors David Malfitano and Joseph Torre that Tung was guilty.
The jury convicted him of murder, aggravated arson, desecration of human remains, hindering apprehension, tampering with evidence, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, and stalking.
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