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A jury found Ward guilty on [[May 24]], [[2007]].<ref>"Ward guilty." ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 25, 2007.</ref> On [[July 19]], [[2007]], Ward was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge [[Ron Swanson]] to serve life in prison for the murder of Hall. He received an additional 25-year sentence for the attempted murder of Ruinato, which Ward will serve concurrently.<ref>"Ward gets life" ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 19, 2007.</ref>
==Second trial==
On [[July 16]], [[2009]], Ward was granted a new trial by the First District Court of Appeals, on the grounds that jury instructions in the first trial were incorrectly worded.<ref>"Ex-marine gets new trial in Milton death." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 17, 2009.</ref>
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