March 5 – The smile on Martha Stewart’s face (photo at left) as she entered the Federal courthouse in lower Manhattan Friday morning may be her last for a long time. Late that afternoon, a frisson of disbelief swept through the ocean of media people outside as word of the guilty verdict spread. The sensational trial had finally come to an end. Leaving the courtroom, author Dominick Dunne said that Stewart was “devastated”. Stewart’s former stockbroker and co-defendant Peter Bacanovic was also found guilty; his mother was in tears as she left the building. Neither Stewart nor Bacanovic spoke to reporters. Prosecutors and a juror made statements, and defense attorneys vowed that Stewart would be found innocent upon appeal. Sentencing is set for June.