By W. Zachary Malinowski Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE — Defense lawyers spent more than five hours yesterday trying to poke holes in the testimony of Jose Gonzalez, a former inmate who has accused two guards at the Adult Correctional Institutions of physically and verbally assaulting him two years ago. Gonzalez, the fourth former prisoner from minimum-security to take the witness stand, has made the most serious allegations against Capt. Gualter Botas and Lt. Kenneth Viveiros, the two ex-guards charged with multiple counts of simple assault. As a result, their lawyers, John Lynch Jr. and Olin W. Thompson III, have spent more time cross-examining him about details involving each allegation. Over three days this week, Gonzalez, 26, testified that on Feb. 14, 2006, he went to Botas’ office after corrections officers found a...
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