A jury — which on Monday told a judge it was deadlocked 11-1 in the murder case against Seth Cravens — overcame its impasse overnight and on Tuesday, Nov. 18 convicted him of second-degree murder in the death of professional surfer Emery Kauanui Jr., of La Jolla. The jury also convicted Cravens, 22, of La Jolla, of three felony assaults and two counts of making a criminal threat involving earlier instances in which people were punched in separate incidents. The jury acquitted him of three assault charges involving fights at parties. Cravens looked surprised as San Diego Superior Court Judge John Einhorn read the verdicts on the jury’s sixth day of deliberations.  He shook his head several times. Einhorn set sentencing for Jan. 12. Cravens faces 25 years to life in prison for the murder and the assaults if they are sentenced consecutively, said District Attorney spokesman Paul Levikow. Cravens’ attorney, Mary Ellen Attridge, said she will appeal the verdict but left the courtroom quickly afterward without comment. “These verdicts send a strong message to the community that brutality will not be tolerated,” Deputy District Attorney Sophia Roach said afterward. “They will never replace the life that has been taken. Emery Kauanui’s family will live with this sadness forever.” Jurors also quickly left, and how the one holdout juror changed his or her mind was not answered by the nine-man, three-woman jury. The jury foreman read a statement, but would not go beyond the statement. “We, the members of the jury, are proud of the job we did. We spent six intense days deliberating and we were able to reach a unanimous [verdict] on all counts. Thank you,” said the foreman, who was identified only as Juror No. 11.  Jurors struggled with the case and sent out 10 notes during their deliberations. The content of the notes was not revealed, but they did ask for testimony of four witnesses to be read back to them. Einhorn declined to release the names of the witnesses read back. On Monday, Einhorn seemed poised to declare a mistrial when most of the jurors told him that further deliberations would not end the 11-1 split. Jurors said they had taken four votes on the murder charge.   When he asked if the jurors needed anything to help them reach a verdict, one juror said a dictionary would help.  Two other jurors said more discussions might lead them to a verdict, so he ordered them back into deliberations. Cravens shook his head as the jurors were led out of the courtroom. Sheriff’s deputies placed a security chain across his chest and handcuffed him as he was led out of the courtroom.  Attridge had urged jurors to acquit Cravens, saying the May 24, 2007 fight outside the victim’s home had elements of self-defense. Attridge claimed Kauanui was the aggressor and once came within five inches of Cravens’ face before Cravens punched him in the head. Kauanui’s skull was fractured when his head hit the pavement. He died four days later in the hospital of blunt-force trauma and brain injuries. His mother heard the verdict, but left the courtroom without comment. Cravens did not testify, but co-defendants Matthew Yanke and Henri “Hank” Hendricks, both 22, did.  It was Yanke who said Kauanui came within 5 inches of Cravens’ face and yelled an expletive for the group coming to his house. Attridge did a dramatic roleplay in her closing argument by posing as the surfer and yelled the obscene word in the face of the prosecutor three times, saying the prosecution had been “a runaway train.” Yanke and Eric House, 21, both pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and were sentenced to 210 days in jail on Sept. 5. Orlando Osuna, 23, got 349 days in jail after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Hendricks pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact and received 90 days in jail. Hendricks has since been released from jail. The sheriff’s department Web site says Yanke and House will be released on Jan. 3 and Dec. 24, respectively. Osuna will be released on Feb. 22, 2009, according to jail records.