Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., called the verdict “a long overdue moment of accountability.”

“While it cannot return Breonna to her family, it is a crucial step in the pursuit of justice and a reminder that no one should be above the law,” King said in a social media post Friday night.

A separate jury deadlocked on federal charges against Hankison last year, and he was acquitted of state charges of reckless endangerment in 2022.

The conviction against Hankison carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. He will be sentenced on March 12 by US District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings.

Hankison, 48, maintained throughout the trial that he was acting to protect his fellow officers after Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired on them when they broke down Taylor’s door with a battering ram.

That jury sent a note Thursday to the judge asking if they needed to know if Taylor was alive when Hankison fired.