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James Menard's mother, right, reaches out to hug him before he is taken away after his trial ended Friday at the Collier County Courthouse. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff

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James Menard's mother, right, reaches out to hug him before he is taken away after his trial ended Friday at the Collier County Courthouse. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff

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  • James Menard's mother, right, reaches out to hug him before he is taken away after his trial ended Friday at the Collier County Courthouse. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • James Menard's family reacts to the verdict Friday at the Collier County Courthouse in the his case for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • James Menard's family reacts to the verdict Friday at the Collier County Courthouse in the his case for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • James Menard looks back at his family while he is fingerprinted after the verdict Friday at the Collier County Courthouse in his case for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • James Menard's family reacts to the verdict Friday at the Collier County Courthouse in the his case for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • James Menard's family reacts to the verdict Friday at the Collier County Courthouse in the his case for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Craig Couture, from right, his wife, Jeanie, and their children listen Friday to the verdict for the trial of James Menard in the shooting death of their son, Jake Couture, on January 1, 2010. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Craig Couture, from right, his wife, Jeanie, and their children listen Friday to the verdict for the trial of James Menard in the shooting death of their son, Jake Couture, on January 1, 2010. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Craig Couture, from right, his wife, Jeanie, and their children listen Friday to the verdict for the trial of James Menard in the shooting death of their son, Jake Couture, on January 1, 2010. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • James Menard hugs his mother before he is taken away after his trial ended Friday at the Collier County Courthouse. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • James Menard hugs family members before he is taken away after his trial ended Friday at the Collier County Courthouse. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • James Menard hugs family members before he is taken away after his trial ended Friday at the Collier County Courthouse. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • James Menard hugs family members before he is taken away after his trial ended Friday at the Collier County Courthouse. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • James Menard's family reacts to the verdict Friday at the Collier County Courthouse in the his case for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • Craig and Jeannie Couture speak to the media Friday as family and friends wait nearby after the conclusion of the trial of James Menard who shot and killed their son, Jake Couture, in January 2010. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff
  • A piece of evidence, a door with bullet holes in it, is wheeled out of the courtroom Friday after the trial for James Menard. The jury deliberated for four hours and rejected the top count of second-degree murder and found Menard guilty of a lesser included offense of manslaughter, as well as third-degree murder for the death of 17-year-old Jake Couture. They also rejected an attempted second-degree murder charge, but found him guilty of aggravated battery, a lesser offense. He was also found guilty of armed trespass for breaking into the Brittany Bay Apartments, a gated community on Collier Boulevard. Lexey Swall/Staff

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