GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A jury has convicted Waylon Wayman for the April 2020 murder of Codie Schultz on Green Bay’s west side.
The verdict on the count of first-degree intentional homicide was returned Thursday, court records show.
Sentencing is set for Feb. 3. The conviction carries a mandatory life prison sentence, with the judge deciding if or when Wayman can first ask for parole.
Wayman, 31, was also convicted of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and bail jumping, records indicate.
Clarence Graveen is also charged in the case, and is scheduled to stand trial in December.
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.
