Death Row Inmate Information

Name: Hudson, Robert Jean
TDCJ Number: 999353
Date of Birth: 3/4/63
Date Received: 4/6/00
Age (when Received): 37
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 12 years
Date of Offense: 5/7/99
Age (at the time of Offense): 36
County: Dallas
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Black
Height (in Feet and Inches): 5′ 11″
Weight (in Pounds): 229
Eye Color: Brown
Native County: Dallas
Native State: Texas
Prior Occupation: Laborer
Prior Prison Record: TDC #413666, rec'd 3/31/86 on a 5-year sentence from Dallas County for 1 count of Burglary of a Habitation, Burglary of a Building and Forgery, released on Parole to Dallas County on 12/18/87; TDC #496636, rec'd 12/28/88 on a 6-year sentence from Dallas County for 1 count of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, released on Parole to Dallas County on 4/6/89; TDC #611273, rec'd 3/31/92 on a 20-year sentence from Taylor County for Forgery by Passing, released on Parole to Dallas County on 10/28/98.
Summary of Incident: Convicted in the May 7, 1999 stabbing death of a 35-year-old black female and the attempted murder of her 9-year-old son. Hudson caught the victim with another man and stabbed her 7 times in the upper torso with a knife. The victim's son tried to intervene and Hudson slashed him 2 times in the throat with a knife. The victim died at the scene and her son ran out of the apartment to a neighbor, who called police. Hudson was arrested at the scene.
Co-Defendants: None
Race and Gender of Victim: Black female
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE