Honeycutt and her lawyer, Niels Eriksen, had conceded that she behaved outrageously at the April 11-12 overnight party at the home of a friend and neighbor.
They did not dispute that she danced erotically in front of the ninth-grade boys. Or that she kissed and exposed herself to some of them. Or even that she showered naked with two boys and let them masturbate on her.
The jury found that behavior to be criminal. But the panel also accepted Honeycutt's claim that she touched neither boy sexually in the shower, as the teens had claimed.
The verdict is "what we argued the entire case," Eriksen said.
"The jury found her inappropriate for certain actions, but on the majority of the conduct, the most serious charges, not guilty," he said. "It's a victory as far as we're concerned."
The prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney Mark Walz, stressed that the conviction signals more than just inappropriate behavior.
"The jury clearly recognized her conduct wasn't just outrageous and wrong, but it was illegal," Walz said. "Now she's going to have to face the consequences."
No sentencing date was set. Judge John J. Rufe ordered Honeycutt, already on probation for a drug offense, held on $15,000 bail.
Standard-range sentencing guidelines call for Honeycutt to receive a prison term of three to 14 months, Eriksen said. Walz said he would seek punishment in the aggravated range, 17 to 35 months.
"This is about as serious as corruption of minors gets," Walz said.
The case stemmed from a teen party last spring for about 20 boys and girls at the home of Honeycutt's neighbor and friend Lynne Long-Higham. She had asked Honeycutt to help her chaperone the ninth graders, who were friends of Long-Higham's teenage son.
