An Orange County jury convicted Samuel Woodward of first-degree murder Wednesday in the stabbing death of his gay high school classmate. During the three-month trial, both sides portrayed the 26-year-old Woodward as a young man who struggled with his sexuality growing up in a conservative Newport Beach family, with a particularly disapproving father. Deputy Dist. Atty.
' Woodward said he feared that Bernstein had taken a photo of his genitals and was texting it to someone. Asked for details about the stabbing, Woodward repeatedly said he couldn't remember. Bernstein's blood was found on the knife bearing Woodward's father's name, leading prosecutors to conclude it was the murder weapon. But Woodward insisted he had used a different knife.
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