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Nicole Pearce, possibly near death's door with terminal cancer, gave her boyfriend Links of London Necklaces one shove closer to a possible death sentence with testimony from her hospital bed. And now it's up to a jury to decide whether DiMeo intentionally murdered Fairfield jewelers Tim and Links of London Rings or if their deaths were a reckless or unintentional act. DiMeo's lawyers have conceded their client killed the couple in their Post Road store on Feb. 2, 2005. But they are expected to argue to the 12-member Superior Court jury Tuesday morning that their client either was so high on heroin he didn't intend to kill them or that Back To School Chubby Black Pencil Charm was shot to death when he tried to struggle with DiMeo over the gun. If the jury finds the couple's death wasn't intentional, DiMeo cannot be convicted of the two counts of murder, and he can't be convicted of capital felony and get the death penalty. Back to School Chubby Blue Pencil Charm still could be found guilty of a lesser charge. Both sides rested their cases Monday. The prosecutors after showing the jury Pearce's video-recorded testimony and then putting on the witness stand a psychiatrist to try and downplay the effects of heroin use. And the defense ended its very brief case by presenting testimony of a psychologist to try and refute the state's expert. But the main event of the day was clearly Pearce. Ever since police arrested her and DiMeo in an Atlantic City motel two days after the Donnelly murders, it has been anticipated that Pearce would be a key witness for the prosecution.