TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — All eyes will be inside the courtroom for Marcelle Waldon who was found guilty by a jury last week.
In 2020, Waldon fatally stabbed Lakeland City Commissioner Edie Yates Henderson and her husband David.
Criminal Defense Attorney Bryant Camareno weighed in.
“So not only is the Polk County jury makeup pretty conservative, so it’s a good chance that the Polk County jury will come back with a death sentence and judges are relatively conservative as well. So, you know, candidly, if they find one aggravating factor, he’ll most likely be sentenced to death,” Camareno said.
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Police said Waldon tied the couple up, stabbed David, and then forced Edie to write him a check before stabbing her. Bryant says there are 16 aggravating circumstances in criminal sentencing.
“Well, first of all, the check thing before killing them, that’s an aggravating circumstance here is, before you die, write out of check so that I can profit off of it,” Camareno said.