Closing arguments start Friday morning in the burglary trial of state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, who sat for hours of testimony Thursday.

She is accused of breaking into her late father’s home to retrieve mementos. The defense claims she was checking on her stepmother.

A jury of nine men and three women on Friday convicted Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell of felony burglary and possession of burglary tools, concluding a case that has roiled the closely divided Minnesota Senate for over a year.