Tashia Stuart

Tashia Stuart appears in a pretrial hearing in Franklin County Superior Court alongside
attorneys Peter Connick, left, and Bob Thompson.
(Tri-City Herald File)

Tashia Stuart at Franklin County Superior Court.
(Kai-Huei Yau - Tri-City Herald)

The prosecution and defense gave their opening statements to the jury on Wednesday,
June 5, 2013 in the murder trial of Tashia Stuart at Franklin County Superior Court.
(Kai-Huei Yau - Tri-City Herald)

Tashia Stuart
(Kai-Huei Yau - Tri-City Herald)

Tashia Stuart appears Monday, June 30, 2013 in Franklin County Superior Court alongside
her attorneys Bob Thompson, left, and Peter Connick.
(Bob Brawdy - Tri-City Herald)

Tashia Stuart

Mitch Nessan, a scientist with the Washington State Patrol crime lab, marks on a diagramwhere he found
blood splatters in Judy Hebert's Pasco house after her shooting death in March 2011. He testified
Tuesday, June 17, 2013 in the murder trial of Hebert's daughter, Tashia Stuart. At right is
Peter Connick, one of Stuart's defense attorneys.
(Bob Brawdy - Tri-City Herald)

Tashia Stuart
(Kai-Huei Yau - Tri-City Herald)

Tashia Stuart was found guilty on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 of first-degree murder and
attempted murder in the shooting death of her mother, Judy Hebert, in March 2011.
(Kai-Huei Yau - Tri-City Herald)

Tashia Stuart cries as she speaks during her sentencing hearing. She was sentenced to
45 years after being convicted of shooting her mother.
(Richard Dickin - Tri-City Herald)

Rolfe Hebert, Judy's ex-husband, middle, reacts to the guilty verdict on Wednesday, July 2,
 2013 alongside his wife Nicola, Pasco police Sgt. Brad Gregory, left, and Ryan Rhodes, right,
Judy's neighbor.
(Kai-Huei Yau - Tri-City Herald)

The victim

Tonya Amende shows a photo of Judy Hebert after Tashia Stuart was found guilty of
murdering Hebert. "This is Judy," says Amende, Hebert’s friend. "She was not a drug
addict, she was not a drunk."
(Kai-Huei Yau - Tri-City Herald)