? Carmen: IT'S THE VERDICT THIS 75-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER HOPED NOT HEAR. COUNT ONE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, GUILTY IN THE LESSER OFFENSE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. Carmen: SANDRA LAYNE FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING HER GRANDSON. TONIGHT, WE'RE GETTING THE FIRST REACTION FROM THOSE CLOSEST TO THE CASE. IT TOPS OUR NEWS AT 6:00. GOOD EVENING! THE JURY DELIVERED THEIR VERDICT, GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND OF USING A FIREARM IN A FELONY. SHORTLY AFTER ASKING TO HEAR HER TESTIMONY FOR A SECOND TIME. Devin: THERE WAS LITTLE REACTION IN THE COURTROOM, NO COLLECTIVE GASP OR MUFFLED SHOUT. Carmen: ROGER TALKS TO HIS PARENTS. WHAT IS THEIR REACTION TONIGHT? Roger: CARMEN, DURING THIS TRIAL, SANDRA LAYNE CAME OFF AS A FRAIL OFTEN CONFUSED WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HER TROUBLED TEENAGE GRANDSON, BUT THE PROSECUTORS PORTRAYED HER AS A WOMAN WHO HUNTED HIM DOWN, SHOOTING HIM REPEATEDLY, AND THE JURY DECIDED THIS WAS SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, THE JURY ASKED TO HEAR SANDRA LAYNE'S TESTIMONY AGAIN AND THEN WITHDREW THE REQUEST. SEVEN WOMEN AND FIVE MEN DELIVERED THE VERDICT. COUNT ONE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, GUILTY OF THE LESSER OFFENSE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. Roger: SHE APPEARED TO SAY NO. HER HUSBAND BURST INTO TEARS. JONATHAN HOFFMAN'S MOTHER AND FATHER SAID THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED. I'M GLAD SHE'S PUT AWAY AND CAN'T DO HARM TO ANYBODY ELSE. Roger: THE TESTIMONY SHOWED SHE WALKED INTO HIS BATHROOM AND OPENED FIRE WITH A GLOCK 17. WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE MOST POWERFUL EVIDENCE AGAINST HER THE 911 TAPE BECAUSE IT CLEARLY SHOWS A YOUNG MAN DYING AND BEGGING FOR HELP AND DESCRIBING SECOND BY SECOND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HIM. Roger: HE TOLD THE OPERATOR THAT HIS GRANDMOTHER HAD SHOT HIM. AND THEN SAID HE WAS SHOT AGAIN. SHE TESTIFIED HE ASSAULTED HER BUT SHE WASN'T INJURED. HOFFMAN'S PARENTS SAID THE DEFENSE UNFAIRLY PORTRAYED HIM AS DANGEROUS. IT'S FINAL VINDICATION FOR MY SON TO RESTORE HIS GOOD NAME AND REPUTATION, BECAUSE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST NINE MONTHS, IT'S BEEN TARNISHED IN A VERY CRUEL MANNER. HE WAS A GREAT, GREAT KID, A WONDERFUL PERSON, A SPIRITUAL CREATIVE PERSON. Roger: LAYNE'S LAWYER CRITICIZED THE HOFFMANS DIVORCING IN ADS AND SENT JONATHAN BACK TO LIVE WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER. BUT ALSO EXPLAINED THEY HAVE A DAUGHTER WITH A BRAIN TUMOR AND SENT HIM BACK HERE FOR STABILITY TO FINISH SCHOOL. THIS MEANS LAYNE WILL SERVE AT LEAST 12 YEARS IN PRISON. REPORTING LIVE IN PONTIAC, I'M ROGER WEBER, LOCAL 4. Carmen: WE'VE OFTEN SAID THAT PERHAPS INSTEAD OF BUYING A GUN, SHE BOUGHT THE TEENAGER A PLANE TICKET AND SENT HIM BACK TO THE PARENTS, BUT AS YOU SAID THERE WAS AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY HE WAS LIVING WITH THE GRANDMOTHER. BUT WHY DID THE ARGUMENT FOR SELF-DEFENSE NOT FLY WITH THE JURY? Roger: SHE BROUGHT THE GUN INTO THE BEDROOM. JONATHAN HOFFMAN HAD NO WEAPON ON HIM. ONE OF THE JURORS ASKED IN THEIR QUESTION TO SANDRA LAYNE, WHY DID YOU THINK A GUN WAS GONNA CALM HIM DOWN AND SHE HAD NO INJURIES AND HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY, ACCORDING TO THE PROSECUTION, TO ESCAPE FROM THE CONDO IF SHE REALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS IN DANGER SO THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS WORKING AGAINST HER, EVEN THOUGH