TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Name:  Cannady, Rogelio

TDCJ Number:  999245

Date of Birth:  5/29/72

Date Received:  12/5/97

Age (when Received):  25

Education Level (Highest Grade Completed):  8 years

Date of Offense:  10/10/93

Age (at the time of Offense):  21

County:  Bee

Race:  Hispanic

Gender:  Male

Hair Color:  Black

Height (in Feet and Inches):  5′ 6″

Weight (in Pounds):  150

Eye Color:  Brown

Native County:  Val Verde

Native State:  Texas

Prior Occupation:  Waiter

Prior Prison Record:  TDCJ #596218, received 5/28/91, from Cameron County, on a life sentence for robbery, murder w/deadly weapon, and murder. Cannady was in prison serving his sentence at the time of his capital offense.

Summary of Incident:  On October 10, 1993 Cannady caused the death of a 55-year-old Hispanic male Texas prison inmate inside a medium custody housing area at the McConnell Unit in Beeville. The victim, who was Cannady's cellmate, was beaten with a steel lock attached to a belt and kicked repeatedly in the head with steel-toed boots by Cannady. The victim, who was serving a 15-year sentence for murder from Tarrant County, died two days later. Cannady was the first Texas prison inmate to be prosecuted under a 1993 statute that allows for capital murder convictions if the inmate is serving 99 years or life as a result of previous murder convictions.

Co-Defendants:  None

Race and Gender of Victim:  Hispanic male