Office of Planning and Analysis: inmates under death sentence (UDS); inmates under death sentence January 1, 2000, changes to UDS population during 1999 [July 2000]

Office of Planning and Analysis: Inmates Under Death Sentence (UDS)
Inmates Under Death Sentence January 1, 2000
Changes to UDS Population During 1999
Prepared by: Office of Planning and Analysis July, 2000

Changes to UDS Population 1999
The Georgia Department of Corrections had 128 death sentence cases as of January 1, 2000. One hundred and twentyfive (125) inmates were legally under death sentence (UDS). This number includes those at the Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison, Georgia State Prison or Metro State Prison and those who are out to court but still under death sentence. There is 1 death sentence inmate whose sentence and/or convictions have been overturned but who has not been resentenced. There is 1 inmate who had been granted relief on his death sentence but judgement was later reversed by the Georgia Supreme Court. There is 1 death sentence inmate who has been sentenced to death but has not yet been released for transfer from the county jail to death row. There are 2 inmates whose death sentences have been resentenced to Life without Parole. These inmates may stay in this "legal limbo" for several years as their cases move through the courts. Some of these "legal limbo" cases have been moved to Georgia State Prison.
During 1999, the following changes were made to the UDS population: 8 new inmates were added. 1 inmate was removed from the UDS count due to natural death. 1 inmate has not been released from the custody of the county to the state. 2 inmates were removed from the UDS count due to resentencing. 1 inmate was removed from the UDS count due to their sentences being reversed, although they have not been
tried or resentenced.
The following tables give the names of those UDS inmates and former UDS inmates who changed legal status in 1999.

Inmate Last Name Number EF 429307 Arevalo EF 339323 Braley EF 426821 Heidler EF 433063 Lamar EF 421641 Lance EF 427815 Lucas EF 426977 Perkinson EF 417884 Yates

New UDS Inmates Added for 1999

First Name Joaqiun Leeland Jerry Cedric Donnie Daniel Eric John

Admitted Date 10/12/99 8/6/99 9/7/99 12/14/99 6/25/99 9/21/99 9/8/99 5/6/99

Crime Date 4/6/98 9/2/98 12/4/97 5/26/98 11/9/97 4/23/98 6/7/98 4/12/98

Sentence Date 10/7/99 8/5/99 9/3/99 11/18/99 6/23/99 9/17/99 9/7/99 5/5/99

Court Status
10/99 Direct appeal not yet filed. 10/99 Direct appeal not yet filed. 10/99 Direct appeal not yet filed. 12/99 Direct appeal not yet filed. 10/99 Direct appeal not yet filed. 10/99 Direct appeal not yet filed. 10/99 Direct appeal not yet filed. 10/99 Direct appeal not yet filed.

UDS Inmates Deceased 1999

Inmate Last Name Number D 31732 Kinsman

First Name Ronald

Admitted Date 5/4/87

Date of Death 11/1/99

Inmates Resentenced in 1999

Inmate Last Name First Name Num EF 329586 Childress Roddy E

EF 315236 Barnes

Joseph

Court Status
3/96 Ga. Supreme Court reversed judgement, remanded to trial court. 8/96 Returned to Glynn Cty. 10/23/98 Resentenced to Life by Glynn Cty. Superior Court. 12/22/98 Re-sentencing still pending. 5/26/99 Resentenced to Life, 2 counts, to serve consecutively. 3/2/98 Conviction affirmed and sentence reversed by Ga. Supreme Court. 11/16/99 Order, resentencing from death penalty to Life without Parole.

Term Type Active
Active

UDS Inmates with Sentence and/or Conviction Overturned in 1999

Inmate Num Last Name

EF 263821

Bennett

EF 239357

Todd

First Name Jack Alfred
William Lamar

Court Status
12/95 HC/S filed. Hearings in 1997. 8/4/98 Relief granted on conviction and sentence, appealed. Georgia Supreme Court reversed judgement in petitioner's appeal on 9/7/99. 12/92 Remittitur sent to trial court by Ga. Supreme Court. 12/95 HC/S filed. 4/21/97 order vacating death sentence, appealed. 12/97 affirmed in part and reversed in part. 10/98 State habeas court's Final Order vacating death sentence and remanding case to Harris County to impose life sentence or new sentencing trial. Oral argument held 3/9/99. Georgia Supreme Court affirmed judgement of Butts Co. Superior Court 7/14/99. Georgia Supreme Court affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded in part the judgement rendered in petitioner's crossappeal 7/14/99. Georgia Supreme Court denied Motion for Reconsideration on 7/30/99.

Sentence Date 7/18/90
5/6/89

Under Georgia law, there are three offenses that are punishable by death. Those crimes are murder, rape, and kidnapping. Of the 128 currently under death sentence, 127 were convicted of murder and one was convicted of kidnapping. There are currently 66 (53%) white men and 61 (47%) black men under death sentence. There is one white female on death row at Metro State Prison. Thirty-one percent serving time on death row report a high school education, and fifteen percent report some college. Fifty-one percent of these inmates report living with both parents during childhood.

Of the 107 inmates that reported employment status at the time of incarceration, 46% were employed at the time of arrest. Forty-nine percent of the active death row inmates are single with an average of two children. When looking at prior incarcerations, 69% of the active UDS inmates have no prior incarcerations. Musogee County is the county with the highest number of convictions on death row, followed by Cobb and Douglas counties.

Inmates Under Death Sentence as of January 1, 2000

Inmate Number

Last Name

First Name

Race Date of Sentenced County of

Birth

to Death Conviction

D 117244 Alderman

Jack

W

5/51

6/75

Chatham

D 024191 Allen

Stanley E.

W

11/54

6/81

Elbert

EF 305136 Andrews

James Douglas

B

3/69

10/92

Muscogee

EF 429307 Arevalo

Joaquin

W

2/75

10/99

Gwinnett

EF 263821 Bennett

Jack Alfred

W

7/28

7/90

Douglas

EF 355680 Bishop

Joshua Daniel

W

1/75

2/96

Baldwin

EF 130375 Blankenship

Roy W.

W 10/55

4/80

Chatham

EF 339323 Braley

Leeland Mark

W

10/73

8/99

Pike

EF 263198 Bright

Kenneth Dan

B

7/60

7/90

Muscogee

EF 326549 Brockman

Ward A.

W

11/71

6/90

Muscogee

EF 154075 Brown

James W.

W

6/48

7/81

Gwinnett

EF 110637 Burgess

Raymond

B

10/58

2/92

Douglas

EF 405158 Butts

Robert

B

5/77

11/98

Baldwin

EF 328074 Carr

Timothy Don

W

5/70

4/94

Monroe

EF 391619 Carruthers

Anthony

B

9/70

3/98

Clayton

EF 200868 Cohen

Michael A.

B

1/57

12/86

Glynn

EF 401752 Colwell

Daniel

B

2/61

10/98

Sumter

EF 127236 Collier

Robert L.

B

7/47

9/78

Catoosa

Inmates Under Death Sentence as of January 1, 2000 (continued)

Inmate Number

Last Name

EF 109620 Collins

EF 170001 Conklin

EF 148940 Conner

EF 390341 Cook

EF 166668 Crawford

EF 382831 Cromartie

EF 249456 Crowe

EF 177160 Davis

EF 284361 Davis

EF 350635 DeYoung

D 028788 Dobbs

EF 268553 Drane

EF 400933 Esposito

EF 230294 Ferrell

EF 109774 Finnery

EF 110118 Fleming

EF 199520 Ford

EF 207280 Foster

EF 388541 Franks

EF 297821 Fugate

EF 376538 Fults

EF 197140 Gary

EF 521727 Gates

First Name
Roger Robert D. John W. Andrew Allen Eddie A. Ray J. Samuel David George B., Jr. Troy Anthony Andrew Grant Wilburn W. Leonard John Eric Lynn Eddie W., Jr. Son H. Melbert R., Jr. Timothy T. David Scott Wallace M., III Kenneth E. Carlton Johnny L.

Race Date of Sentenced County of

Birth

to Death Conviction

B

1/59

11/77

Houston

W

2/61

6/84

Fulton

W

5/56

7/82

Telfair

W

7/74

3/98

Monroe

W

2/47

3/84

Spalding

B

2/67

10/97

Thomas

W

12/60

11/89

Douglas

B

3/58

2/85

Elbert

B

10/68

9/91

Chatham

W

5/74

10/95

Cobb

B

5/49

5/74

Walker

W

12/59

9/92

Elbert

W

8/75

10/98

Baldwin

B

4/63

9/88

DeKalb

B

12/56

11/77

Jones

B

5/30

12/77

Lanier

W

12/60

10/86

Newton

B

12/67

5/87

Floyd

W

1/61

2/98

Hall

W

11/49

4/92

Putnam

B

11/68

5/97

Spalding

B

9/50

8/86

Muscogee

B

11/55

9/77

Muscogee

Inmates Under Death Sentence as of January 1, 2000 (continued)

Inmate Number

Last Name

First Name

Race Date of Sentenced County of

Birth

to Death Conviction

EF 261140 Gibson

Exzavious Lee

B

3/72

6/90

Dodge

EF 125601 Gilreath

Fred M., Jr.

W

1/38

3/80

Cobb

EF 303630 Greene

Daniel

B

1/67

12/92

Clayton

EF 389718 Gulley

William Marvin

B

1/54

2/98

Dougherty

EF

235101 Hall

Willie James

B

8/56

2/89

DeKalb

EF

235101 Hall

Willie James

B

8/56

2/89

DeKalb

EF

255470 Hammond

Emmanuel F.

B

6/65

3/90

Fulton

EF

426821 Heidler

Jerry

W

6/77

9/99

Toombs

EF

336426 Henry

George R.

W

1/69

11/94

Cobb

EF

188351 Jicks

Robert K.

W

3/57

1/86

Spalding

EF

116850 High

Jose M.

B

8/58

12/78

Taliaferro

EF

222841 Hightower

John W.

B

4/44

5/88

Morgan

EF

190963 Hill

Warren

B

6/60

9/91

Lee

EF

310937 Hittson

Travis Clinton

W

1/71

3/93

Houston

EF

201082 Holiday

Dallas B.

B

12/62

11/86

Jefferson

EF

371649 Holsey

Robert Wayne

B

4/65

2/97

Baldwin

EF

189200 Housel

Tracy L.

W

5/58

2/86

Gwinnett

D

017622 Isaacs

Carl J.

W

8/53

1/74

Seminole

EF

222259 Jarrells

Jonathen

W

10/56

3/88

Walker

EF

190316 Jefferson

Lawrence

B

4/55

3/86

Cobb

EF

350346 Jenkins

Larry L., Jr.

B

11/75

9/95

Wayne

EF

391738 Johnson

Marcus

W

5/65

4/98

Dougherty

EF

345595 Jones

Ashley Lyndol

W

5/73

6/95

Coffee

Inmates Under Death Sentence as of January 1, 2000 (continued)

Inmate Number

Last Name

First Name

Race Date of Sentenced County of

Birth

to Death Conviction

EF

122216 Jones

Brandon Astor

B

2/43`

10/79

Cobb

EF

401627 King

Warren

B

2/76

9/98

Appling

EF

433063 Lamar

Cedric

B

8/76

11/99

Douglas

EF

421641 Lance

Donnie Cleveland

W

12/53

6/99

Jackson

EF

306429 Ledford

J.W.

W

12/71

11/92

Murray

EF

377605 Lee

James Allyson

W

9/74

6/97

Charlton

EF

216164 Lee

Larry

W

5/60

11/87

Wayne

EF

405012 Lewis

Christopher

B

7/65

11/98

Clayton

EF

189943 Lipham

William A.

W

8/63

2/87

Coweta

EF

427815 Lucas

Daniel

W

10/78

9/99

Jones

EF

255222 Lynd

William Earl

W

1/55

2/90

Berrien

EF

160107 Mathis

James

B

6/45

6/81

Douglas

EF

349678 McClain

Mark Howard

W

6/67

9/95

Richmond

EF

377372 McDaniel

James R.

B

4/74

6/97

Butts

EF

315396 McMichen

Kim

W

3/58

7/93

Douglas

EF

238451 Meders

Jimmy Fletcher

W

4/61

4/89

Glynn

EF

230231 Miller

Michael

B

10/62

11/88

Walton

EF

160842 Mincey

Terry

W

4/60

8/82

Bibb

EF

253726 Mitchell

Nelson Earl

B

7/62

1/90

Early

EF

204979 Mize

William M.

W

7/56

12/95

Oconee

EF

326725 Mobley

Stephen A.

W

7/65

2/94

Hall

EF

218040 Moon

Larry Eugene

W

11/44

1/88

Catoosa

EF

215392 Morrison

Ernest Ulysses

W

7/60

11/87

Richmond

Inmates Under Death Sentence as of January 1, 2000 (continued)

Inmate Number

Last Name

EF

382430 Nance

EF

211846 Newland

EF

283459 Osborne

EF

357663 Pace

EF

384611 Palmer

EF

174525 Parker

EF

379512 Perkins

EF

426977 Perkinson

D

030329 Potts

EF

100899 Presnell

EF

213696 Pruitt

EF

365661 Pruitt

EF

136294 Putnam

EF

360982 Pye

EF

357205 Raulerson

EF

146935 Rogers

EF

155972 Romine

EF

318703 Sears

EF

372477 Smith

EF

319261 Speed

EF

107908 Spivey

EF

134440 Stephens

EF

243241 Stripling

First Name
Michael Wayne Robert L. Curtis Lyndon Fitzgerald Willie Williams Byron A. David Aaron Eric Jack H. Virgil D., Jr. Mark Anthony Timothy Woodrow William H. Willie James Billy Daniel James R. Larry DeMarcus Ali David P. Norris Ronald K. William K. Alphonso

Race Date of Sentenced County of

Birth

to Death Conviction

W

9/61

9/97

Gwinnett

W

4/43

8/87

Glynn

B

3/70

8/91

Spalding

B

7/64

3/96

Fulton

B

10/52

11/97

Burke

W

8/60

11/84

Douglas

W

11/60

6/97

Clayton

B

12/78

9/99

Bartow

W

1/45

3/76

Cobb

W

12/53

5/76

Cobb

W

1/65

9/87

Pulaski

W

9/66

10/96

Lumpkin

W

4/43

9/82

Cook

B

1/65

6/96

Spalding

W

9/69

3/96

Chatham

W

3/61

5/82

Floyd

W

9/51

4/82

Pickens

B

11/71

9/93

Cobb

W

11/76

1/97

Clayton

B

3/71

10/93

Fulton

W

11/39

6/77

Muscogee

B

4/48

2/80

Richmond

B

7/57

7/89

Douglas

Inmates Under Death Sentence as of January 1, 2000 (continued)

Inmate Number

Last Name

EF

266748 Taylor

EF

266131 Terrell

EF

271622 Tharpe

EF

260806 Thomason

EF

239357 Todd

EF

385973 Tollette

EF

173946 Wade

EF

335983 Waldrip

EF

259580 Ward

EF

143862 Waters

EF

314289 Wellons

EF

370430 Whatley

EF

197446 Williams

EF

384422 Wilson

EF

143520 Wilson

EG 405675 Worsley

EF

417884 Yates

First Name
Keith B. Bryan Keith Keith Leroy Gary Chad William L. Leon Johnny L. Tommy Lee Jamie Ray Eurus K. Marcus A. Frederick R. Alexander Marion, Jr. Willie J., Jr. Johnnie A. John

Race Date of Sentenced County of

Birth

to Death Conviction

B

2/54

10/90

Pierce

B

3/68

1/95

Newton

B

4/58

1/91

Jones

W

9/71

10/96

Floyd

W

11/56

5/89

Harris

B

12/68

11/97

Muscogee

W

11/55

3/87

Newton

W

5/46

10/94

Dawson

W

2/56

7/91

Walker

W

10/44

1/81

Glynn

B

7/55

6/93

Cobb

B

6/68

1/97

Spalding

B

3/68

8/86

Richmond

B

7/76

11/97

Baldwin

B

11/56

2/82

Pierce

B

2/61

11/98

Muscogee

B

6/74

5/99

Upson

Inmate Number

Females Under Death Sentence as of January 1, 2000

Last Name

First Name

Race Date of Sentenced County of

Birth

to Death Conviction

EF

405001 Gissendanner

Kelly

W

3/68

11/98

Gwinnett