TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Name:  Dorsey, Leon David IV

TDCJ Number:  999359

Date of Birth:  11/17/1975

Date Received:  6/12/2000

Age (when Received):  24

Education Level (Highest Grade Completed):  12

Date of Offense:  4/4/1994

Age (at the time of Offense):  18

County:  Dallas

Race:  Black

Gender:  Male

Hair Color:  Black

Height (in Feet and Inches):  5′ 11″

Weight (in Pounds):  174

Eye Color:  Brown

Native County:  Dallas

Native State:  Texas

Prior Occupation:  delivery driver, laborer

Prior Prison Record:  Dorsey had no prior criminal record at the time this offense was committed. However, after this offense was committed and prior to being convicted for this offense, Dorsey committed Murder with a Deadly Weapon and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle in Ellis County (involved Dorsey and one co-defendant enter a food store, fatally shooting a 51 year old Oriental female, then fleeing the scene with an unknown amount of money). Dorsey received a 60 year sentence for that offense and was serving that sentence when he was convicted of Capital Murder and sentenced to death for the current offense.

Summary of Incident:  ON 4/4/1994 during the night in Dallas, Dorsey entered a video store and used a 9 millimeter pistol to rob and kill a 26 year old white male employee and a 20 year old white male employee. He forced them into the back office, where he shot and killed them. He took $392 from the business.

Co-Defendants:  None

Race and Gender of Victim:  two white males