GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – After being sentenced to life in prison for a 2020 murder, Waylon Wayman had to be removed from the courtroom Friday after an outburst reacting to the judge saying he’ll never be eligible for parole.
A jury previously convicted Wayman first-degree intentional homicide for the April 2020 murder of Codie Schultz on the Green Bay’s west side. The life prison term was mandatory. Judge Kendall Kelley had the option to set a date when Wayman could ask for parole, but instead opted for life in prison with no such chance for release.
Before the sentence was issued, Wayman, 31, apologized for his actions, but said he didn’t expect leniency from the court.
“I’m not going to beg for mercy. I don’t expect you to have mercy on me because at the end of the day, somebody lost their life. And, with that said, you guys are going to do what you guys are going to do regardless. So I just want the victim’s family to know and my family, I’m sorry for the actions that transpired that night,” Wayman said.
Judge Kelley noted the serious nature of the multiple crimes in this case, as well as Wayman’s criminal history, in determining life without parole is appropriate, calling the “culmination of a lifestyle.”
Kelley added another two years in prison consecutive to the life term for being a felon in possession of a firearm and bail jumping.
After the sentence was issued, Wayman leaned into the microphone and made a vulgar suggestion to the judge. As deputies wrangled him from the courtroom, he made several more comments, apparently directed at the victim’s family.
Clarence Graveen, who is also charged in the case, is scheduled to enter a plea Feb. 13 on several charges, including being party to first-degree intentional homicide.
According to the criminal complaint, police were called to the area of Clinton Street and 12th Avenue at about 1 a.m. on April 1, 2020. Schultz had been shot once behind the left ear, at close range.
One witness told police that Wayman believed Schultz was responsible for robbing Wayman of $900 and a half-ounce of meth. Another witness said Wayman planned to rob Schultz for meth and heroin. While driving, Wayman shot Schultz, the witness said, according to the complaint.
Wayman later admitted to the murder, one woman told police.
Graveen told police he and Wayman did plan on robbing Schultz. Graveen said he was in the car when Schultz was shot but did not know who did the shooting, the complaint states.
