A state jury found Kimberly Udo guilty of manslaughter Thursday in the 2014 beating death of a homeless woman in downtown Honolulu.

The jurors will return to court on a later date to decide whether Udo, 45, deserves a life prison term. The normal penalty for manslaughter is 20 years in prison.

The prosecution is asking for the life term because of Udo’s criminal history. She has been convicted of two counts of third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Udo has been in custody since her arrest.

Sandra Lee Wollaston, 46, died July 21, 2014, after getting into a fight with Udo on the sidewalk fronting the Ninja Sushi restaurant on Bishop Street.

Wollaston was hanging out with other homeless people and Udo, who lived in Chinatown, was out walking her dog.

One of Wollaston’s homeless friends testified that the fight started after Wollaston called Udo a “b——” for the way she was handling the dog.

Police said Udo told them Wollaston hit her first so she “went pound her.”

Defense lawyer Myles Breiner told the jury that during the fight, Udo was hit in the face and her dog was kicked.

Udo did not testify in her trial.

A prosecutor doesn’t dispute that the two women agreed to fight. Deputy Prosecutor Scott Bell told the jurors in closing arguments Monday, however, that the fight ended when Wollaston fell to the ground and lost consciousness.

Wollaston’s homeless friend testified that Udo continued to punch and kick Wollaston after she collapsed and until the friend pulled Udo away.

The Honolulu medical examiner says Wollaston died from blunt force injuries to her head and neck. She had a skull fracture and bleeding in her brain.

A defense medical expert testified that Wollaston died from a heart attack that started before the fight.

Thursday’s verdict is the second one the jurors had returned in the case. They reached their first one Wednesday afternoon, but Circuit Judge Rom Trader set it aside as he dealt with a dispute between the lawyers.

In his closing argument, Bell suggested that the defense medical expert fabricated evidence to support the heart attack theory. On Thursday morning, the judge told the jurors to disregard Bell’s comment and sent them back to deliberate again.