TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Name:  Martin, Jerry Duane

TDCJ Number:  999552

Date of Birth:  03/28/1970

Date Received:  02/17/2009

Age (when Received):  38

Education Level (Highest Grade Completed):  10th Grade

Date of Offense:  09/24/2007

Age (at the time of Offense):  37

County:  Leon C/V from Walker

Race:  White

Gender:  Male

Hair Color:  Brown

Height (in Feet and Inches):  5′ 9″

Weight (in Pounds):  169 lbs.

Eye Color:  Brown

Native County:  Collin

Native State:  Texas

Prior Occupation:  Construction

Prior Prison Record:  TDCJ # 585762, Dallas County, 10 yr sentence from Harris County for Theft of Property $750-$20,000; released to Shock Probation; returned under TDCJ # 795994, 50 yr sentence from Collin County for Attempted Capital Murder with a Deadly Weapon, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Failure to Appear; incarcerated at the time of this offense.

Summary of incident:  The subject and co-defendant were working in the field squad at the Wynne Unit. He took an officer's weapon, ran to a city parking lot and stole a City of Huntsville truck. The subject drove the truck into the horse of a female correctional officer causing her fall and resulting in her death.

Co-Defendants:  John Ray Faulk, Jr.

Race and Gender of Victim:  One white female