Death Row Information

Offender Information

	Name	Porter, James
	TDCJ Number	999378
	Date of Birth	8/15/1971
	Date Received	3/14/2001
	Age (when Received)	29
	Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)	7
	Date of Offense	5/28/2000
	Age	28
	County	Bowie
	Race	White
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Brown
	Height	5' 9"
	Weight	131
	Eye Color	Blue
	Native County	Tarrant
	Native State	Texas

Prior Occupation
carpenter, laborer

Prior Prison Record
#589124 on a 5 year sentence from Denton County for one count of burglary of a building. Released on parole to Denton County. Returned from Parole on 6/28/1995 as #712863 on a 45 year sentence from Denton County for one count of murder with a deadly weapon (involves Porter shooting a 40 year old white male transient two times in the head with a .25 caliber pistol and dumping the victim's body in a water well). On 1/14/1998, new commitments received from Madison County on a 5 year sentence for one count of possession of a deadly weapon in a penal institution (homemade knife).

Summary of Incident
On 5/28/2000, Porter, an offender serving time for murder with a deadly weapon, entered a dayroom of the Telford Unit in Bowie County. He fatally assaulted an adult hispanic male offender with a rock inside a pillowcase, a homemade knife, and his boots.

Co-Defendants
None

Race and Gender of Victim
Hispanic Male