The Alabama lawyer allegedly told the former death row inmate to conceal an unauthorized cellphone at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Alabama attorney has been indicted on allegations that she communicated with former death row inmate Tremane Wood through an unauthorized cellphone and directed him to hide the device.
Oklahoma’s 22nd Multicounty Grand Jury charged Robin Corinne Konrad, 50, with one felony count of accessory to possession of contraband in a penal institution and one misdemeanor count of unlawful communication with a convict.
The felony count alleges that Konrad communicated with Wood on March 26, 2025, while he was incarcerated at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. According to the indictment, she knew Wood possessed the contraband phone and told him to hide it so he could avoid arrest, prosecution or punishment.
The misdemeanor count alleges Konrad communicated with Wood between March 17 and June 26, 2025, without authorization under state law or the consent of the prison warden.
The indictment does not allege that Konrad brought the phone into the prison. It also does not charge Wood or explain the nature of Konrad’s relationship with him.
“Helping an inmate conceal contraband and evade detection is a serious violation of the law, and an attorney especially should know better,” Attorney General Gentner Drummond said.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. The indictment was returned July 27 and filed in Pittsburg County District Court as case No. CF-2026-202.
Konrad is licensed to practice law in Alabama, according to the attorney general’s office. The release announcing the indictment did not identify her defense attorney or provide information about an initial court appearance.
Konrad is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Wood was still under a death sentence when the alleged communications occurred. He had been convicted in 2004 of first-degree felony murder, robbery with firearms and conspiracy in the 2002 death of 19-year-old Ronnie Wipf during a robbery in Oklahoma City.
Wood acknowledged participating in the robbery but maintained that his brother, Zjaiton Wood, stabbed Wipf. His brother received life without parole and later died in prison.
Wood was scheduled to be executed Nov. 13, 2025. Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted his sentence to life without parole shortly before the execution was to occur, accepting a 3-2 clemency recommendation from the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board.
Current Department of Corrections records list Wood, 46, as an inmate at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary serving life without parole.
