The jury in former Justice of the Peace Eric Williams' capital murder trial found him guilty after deliberating for less than two hours.

The sentencing phase of the trial will start Monday, Dec. 8. Williams could possibly be sentenced to death.

The prosecution rested their case in the Kaufman County trial being held in Rockwall County in the middle of the day Wednesday, Dec. 3, and the defense chose not to make opening statements or present a case to the jury, according to reporters on the scene. The judge scheduled closing arguments for the next day with jury deliberations expected to begin shortly afterwards.

The prosecution called Williams a "killing machine" in closing while the defense claim no evidence existed tying Williams to the murder scene. The jury returned its verdict of guilty before noon.

The speed of the trial that began Dec. 1 comes as a surprise to some because the screening and selection of a jury to hear the case took several months. The trial was moved from Kaufman County to Rockwall County at the request of defense attorneys who said Williams could not get a fair trial because of massive publicity about the case.

Williams, a former justice of the peace, was on trial for the murder of Cynthia McLelland on Easter Eve 2013. He's also accused of killing McLelland's husband, Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, in their home and prosecutor Mark Hasse in the Kaufman County Courthouse parking lot in January 2013.

Prosecutors allege that Williams motive for the murders was revenge because of his conviction in 2012 on charges of stealing county property. The conviction caused him to lose his elected office and his license to practice law.

Prosecutors never called Williams' wife Kim to the stand to testify. She also is charged with capital murder in the three deaths, and she cooperated with law enforcement authorities prior to their arrests last year.

Both Williams and his wife have been held in jail on bonds totaling $23 million since their arrests. She filed for divorce from him while in jail

Prosecution witnesses testified they were able to trace anonymous emails  to Eric Williams that described the murders.

Williams sent the emails on Easter Sunday 2013 immediately after the McLellands' murders to a CrimeStoppers tip address. He also sent others to the same address demanding a judge step down.

Prosecutors claim that Williams had a hit list of others to be murdered that included new Kaufman County District Attorney Earleigh Norville Wiley, who is a former judge.