Jeffery Lee Wood

Case details

Jeffery Lee Wood (TDCJ Number 999256) was born on 08/19/73 and was 24 when he was received on 03/03/98. He was a White male. His hair color was Brown. His height was 6-3. His weight was 185. His eye color was Brown. His education level was 03/03/98.

Wood’s prior occupation was N/A, and he had no prior prison record.

Timeline

• 01/02/1996 — In Kerrville, Wood and one co-defendant robbed a service station and murdered the white male attendant during the robbery.
• 03/03/98 — Wood was sentenced to death.

The offence

On 01/02/1996, in Kerrville, Wood and one co-defendant robbed a service station, murdering the white male attendant in the process. Wood and the co-defendant took the store safe, a cash box, and a VCR containing a security tape. The value of cash and checks was estimated to be $11,350.

The attendant was a white male.

Wood and the co-defendant (Daniel Earl Reneau) parked outside a gas station. While Wood waited outside, Reneau entered the station and pointed a .22 caliber handgun at clerk Kris Keeran. When Keeran did not respond to Reneau’s requests, Reneau shot the clerk, killing him almost instantly.

Hearing the gunshot, Wood entered the gas station and found the clerk on the floor behind the counter. Wood then ran to the back, where he was ordered by Reneau at gun point to get the surveillance video and flee from the scene.

Wood’s execution stems from Texas’s Law of Parties, a subset of the Felony-Murder doctrine.

Trial and sentencing

Wood was convicted and sentenced to be executed. The case information states that Wood was not present during the killing and was not aware that Reneau was going to use force. The case information also states that Wood had a history of mental illness and was initially not mentally fit to stand trial.

Wood was sentenced to death on March 3, 1998.

Appeals

A blog and petition has been started in Wood’s name.

Other details

Wood was scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on August 21, 2008.