The one day trial for a Hutchinson woman accused of perjury ended with her being found guilty. The jury got the case against Dana Craig around 3:20 p-m, Wednesday afternoon after both sides gave closing arguments.

She had testified at the preliminary hearing for two men accused of killing Jennifer Heckel in the summer of 2011 that one of the suspects, Billy Craig Jr., could not have been involved in the killing because he was with their daughter all evening.

But, the state claims they were able to establish that those statements couldn’t be true, because Craig’s daughter was working at the McDonald’s in South Hutchinson during that time. She apparently clocked in at 1:13 p-m, took a break between 4:10 p-m, then went back to work at 4:43 p-m, and didn’t clock out that night until 9:10 p-m.

The defense contends that any statements made by the defendant at the preliminary hearing had no effect on whether Craig would be bound over for trial. Defense Attorney Sam Kepfield says the state called 16-witnesses and that Judge Joe McCarville would have bound them over despite testimony made by his client.

He told the jury that it could be a case of bad memory with her not testifying until 8-months after the crime, plus the fact that she has bad eye-sight.

But, Senior Assistant District Attorney Steve Maxwell told the jury that Craig had told the court that she saw her daughter “with her own eyes” and that was around 6 p-m. She also told the court that her daughter was with her ex-husband all evening, so he couldn’t have committed the crime. Maxwell says her testimony was clearly designed to help her ex-husband.

Earlier, the daughter of the two testified that she had worked at McDonald’s that day and couldn’t recall going to her dad’s home during her break late in the afternoon, and didn’t even remember going to his home at all that till after he was arrested and was in the Butler County Jail.

Prior to the defense resting, Kepfield asked for a judgment of acquittal telling Judge Tim Chambers that he didn’t believe the state had proved their case. Although Judge Chambers admitted the case was weak, he didn’t feel it was for him to decide and denied the request.

Billy Craig’s murder trial is still pending, while another co-defendant. Charles Christopher Logsdon was convicted and sentenced to prison.

Jennifer Heckel’s husband, parents and some friends were present during the trial Wednesday.

With Wednesday’s verdict, sentencing in the case will be on April 12.