BESSEMER -- Update 10:58 pm EST
31-year-old Dennis Hahn was emotionless Friday afternoon when the verdict was read to the court.
After two hours of deliberation the jury found Hahn guilty of first degree murder, first degree home invasion, and arson for the death of 54-year-old Joel McFarlane.
McFarlane was found dead from a shotgun wound in the neck after his mobile home burnt down on September 12, 2009.
Initially ruled a suicide the case was reopened several months later and Hahn was charged with murder.
Gogebic County Prosecutor Richard Adams said he had tears in his eyes when the verdict came back guilty.
"It's very, very satisfying when you know you're right and you can put a case together where a jury really believes it passes the threshold,” Adams said.
During closing arguments this morning defense attorney James McKenzie pointed out the lack of physical evidence in the case which he said didn't link his client to the murder.
"Dennis Hahn is not guilty of these charges, none of these charges,” McKenzie told the jury. “You are not being asked to find Dennis Hahn innocent. And there's a huge difference."
But the jury disagreed unanimously finding Hahn guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Hahn faces a mandatory life in prison sentence without parole.
No sentencing date has been set.
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Update 5:10 pm EST
Dennis Hahn was found guilty of first degree murder Friday afternoon. The verdict came in after the jury deliberated for two hours.
He was also found guilty of home invasion and arson.
TV6's Aaron Martin reported some people in the courtroom cheered as the verdict was read, while Hahn remained emotionless.
More reports on the Early, Tonight and Late News.
Update 2:56 p.m. EST
The case of Dennis Hahn has gone to jury deliberation.
TV6's Aaron Martin will provide an update as soon as he hears more from court in Bessemer.
Update 12:30 p.m. EST
The courtroom is being excused for lunch and closing arguments have finished in the murder trial of Dennis Hahn.
The prosecution went through the testimony of the witnesses during closing arguments. They said that the testimony is evidence and should be weighed as such.
The defense argued that there isn't enough physical evidence to prove this isn't a suicide, let alone that Hahn committed the crime.
The prosecution has to prove that Hahn committed the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
The case is expected to go to jury deliberation shortly after 1 p.m. CT
If Hahn is found guilty of the murder charge he will face a mandatory life sentence without parole.
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Closing arguments are being delivered at this hour in the murder trial of 31-year-old Dennis Hahn.
In the Gogebic County courtroom, the prosecution is going through the witnesses that testified for them, showing why Hahn is the man who burned down Joel McFarlane's house and killed him.
Thursday, the Medical Examiner testified that a gun shot killed McFarlane in the September 2009 incident.
The defense did not call any witnesses and rested their case without Hahn even taking the stand.
The defense has yet to present their closing arguments.
After they finish, the judge will give the jury instructions, and the jury will then get the case.
TV6's Aaron Martin is in the Bessemer courtroom.
We'll have the outcome, when it comes in.
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