The jury handed the accused a verdict of second-degree murder in the killing of Misha Pavelick on Friday.

The accused was charged with second-degree murder for the killing of Misha Pavelick at a graduation party at Knookimaw Campground on the May long weekend in 2006.

He wasn’t charged until 2023, and though he was 34 at that time, he 17 at the time of Misha’s death, so he cannot be publicly named.

Misha was 19 years old when he was killed – court heard he died from a single stab wound to the chest.

The trial began October 20, and the Crown rested its case on Nov. 4, while the defence chose to call no witnesses.

Nearly three dozen people testified at the trial, including one of the responding RCMP officers, an RCMP forensics officer, the pathologist who did the autopsy on Misha and a

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