Live Blog: Joe Caronna trial, day 8

Joe Caronna is in on trial for murder. Prosecutors allege Caronna had been stealing money from his clients and killed his wife to keep her from uncovering his crimes. This is a live blog from the courtroom. Updates appear in reverse chronological order, with the most recent update at the top.

  1. Clara Murphy, Tina Caronna's mother, hugs friends after jury found Joe Caronna guilty of 1st deg. murder. #Caronnatrial http://pic.twitter.com/JnfUAmmF
  2. Court is back in session. Joe Caronna enters the courtroom to hear his fate. Judge tells crowd not to express emotion. #Caronnatrial.
  3. Crowd is in the courtroom. Attorneys are too. Waiting on jury to come back in. #Caronnatrial
  4. We've been told there is a verdict. Crowd filtering back into courtroom now. #Caronnatrial. http://pic.twitter.com/mcYwZSKd
  5. Jury light is on. Verdict? Question? Trying to find out now. #Caronnatrial
  6. Crowd outside courtroom awaiting verdict in #Caronnatrial. Jury still deliberating. http://pic.twitter.com/uVPhXIaH
  7. The judge sends the jury to lunch. They will begin deliberations after they eat lunch. Court is in recess. #Caronnatrial
  8. Judge picks two numbers associated with jurors in order to release two alternates at random. #Caronnatrial
  9. Tom: Tina trusted Joe and she lost her life so you know what happens to people who trust Joe. Q is: do you trust Joe? #Caronnatrial
  10. Tom: Did you see evidence that Joe loved Tina? According to testimony, he loved Becky Black. #Caronnatrial
  11. Tom: We didn't say he was bleaching blood at the house. But what was he bleaching? Her stomach and bladder were empty though. #Caronnatrial
  12. Tom: If we wanted to have best police force in the world we'd put a defense attorney in charge, run Rusty White out for chief. #Caronnatrial
  13. Tom: Does Bowers' story make complete sense? No. But then again it did come from Joe. #Caronnatrial
  14. Tom: I'm not saying John Bowers is a great guy. I'd be happy to prosecute him. But Joe told him what happened. #Caronnatrial
  15. Tom: What kind of a person wants to shoot it out with the po-lice??!! Joe didn't want to come out. Why did it take 15 min. #Caronnatrial
  16. Henderson is going through the love list Joe wrote to Becky Black, says he was hustling her so bad it spooked her daughter. #Caronnatrial
  17. Joe Caronna listens to Tom Henderson's closing argument in #Caronnatrial. Is that a smirk? http://pic.twitter.com/GTudfx6H
  18. Tom: BPD zeroed in on him but didn't arrest him for 5 months or search his house? That doesn't make sense! #Caronnatrial

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