Trial penalty phase

A Florida woman was accused of a felony after she threw containers of glitter at a man this week, an arrest affidavit alleges. Edward Lee Wheeler was handed the maximum sentence by U. District judge James Wesley Hendrix during a sentencing hearing on Thursday.

Close this content. Read full article. Dylan Segelbaum, York Daily Record. Milton Montalvo, 58, of York, who was awaiting a new sentencing hearing to determine whether he should again receive the death penalty for fatally stabbing two people in , died on May 11 while in custody at the State Correctional Institution at Greene.

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Lawyers anticipate the penalty phase will take several days with dozens of witnesses from both sides expected to be called. The jury is allowed to go home after court ends each day, but they could have to be sequestered again if deliberations take longer than a day.

It will take a unanimous decision from the jury to determine whether Loyd gets the death penalty. Watch below: News 6 legal analyst breaks down penalty phase of Loyd trial. A jury has found Markeith Loyd guilty on five charges, including first-degree murder, in the shooting death of Orlando police Lt.

Debra Clayton in Attorneys in the Markeith Loyd trial are due back in court. A motion to remove the judge presiding over Markeith Loyd's case has been denied. Go Knights! Altamonte Springs man, 24, killed in crash on John Young Parkway. The state has rested its case, which means testimony in the penalty phase is now complete. The judge said she will read jury instructions Tuesday morning, with closing arguments to follow before deliberations begin. A jury will return to an Orange County courtroom Monday morning for the trial of convicted cop killer Markeith Loyd.

Debra Clayton. He is already serving a life sentence for shooting and killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon.

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