Andrew Hoeft-Edenfield was found guilty of second-degree murder Thursday, nearly two years after he fatally stabbed U. California-Berkeley senior Chris Wootton outside of a Southside sorority house.

Hoeft-Edenfield will be sentenced on Thursday, June 10, at 9:30 a.m., and a probation report will be delivered to the court a week prior, on Thursday, June 3.

The verdict marks an end to the eight-week long trial, during which Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Connie Campbell and defense attorney Yolanda Huang argued that their respective clients were not the aggressors during the confrontation.

The prosecution accused Hoeft-Edenfield of first-degree murder for stabbing Wootton with a three-inch blade during a scuffle in the parking lot of the UC Berkeley Chi Omega sorority in the early morning of May 3, 2008. During witness testimony, Campell pointed to Hoeft-Edenfield’s history of anger management problems, calling him “a cold-blooded murderer.”

Huang claimed that Wootton was inclined to fights due to past incidents and that because of drinking before the confrontation, “the real culprit in this case is alcohol.”

Before the reading of the verdict, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Horner asked members of the audience to step outside if they could possibly have an adverse emotional reaction to the verdict.

“The courtroom is not a place for these emotions and feelings to be displayed,” said Horner. “(Stepping outside) would not reflect negatively on you in any way. Rather, it would show self-appraisal and self-awareness.”