COEUR d’ALENE — From the maximum security pod at the Kootenai County jail where Jonathan D. Renfro has lived for the past 29 months, the convicted murderer has threatened jailers and inmates, refused to follow rules, made weapons and confided that he purposely shot Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore in the head, attorneys said at Monday’s murder trial.

Although Renfro was found guilty last week of first-degree murder by the jury — comprised of 10 men and five women, with three of them acting as alternates — jurors will continue to hear testimony this week to determine if the 29-year-old deserves the death penalty.

Monday marked the third week of the testimony phase of the trial, which has included 45 witnesses and 125 pieces of evidence.

From here forward, prosecutors must convince the jury that Renfro is predisposed to murder and likely to kill again, satisfying the jury’s conviction that capital punishment is justified.

In testimony and rebuttal that could end as early as this afternoon, the defense will refute the evidence and attempt to show the human side of their client.

“This isn’t the time for bombast and melodrama,” death penalty defense attorney Keith Roark said Monday in First District Court. “This is the time for very careful deliberation.”

Prosecutors will show what they believe are aggravated factors that increase the severity of Renfro’s crime, Roark told jurors.

“The state’s intent is to prove to you Mr. Renfro should be executed,” he said. “We believe the evidence does not support that verdict.”

Kootenai County Detention Deputy Steve Malcolm told jurors that an inmate was removed from Renfro’s bay because Renfro threatened to kill the man, and that Renfro had also threatened to kill a deputy.

Both instances were the result of the men failing to show Renfro respect, Malcolm said.

“He told me he had the intent to kill him due to his constant disrespect,” Malcolm said.

The defendant told the deputy “he doesn’t tolerate disrespect,” and that he could be subjected to a beating once he gets back to prison “if he doesn’t take care of it.”

Renfro said he “was making a plan to kill (the inmate) if he needed to,” Malcolm said.

Renfro, who is required by jail rules to be in leg irons and belly chains — to restrain arm movement — and with his hands shackled any time he leaves his cell, according to testimony, showed deputies how to make a weapon from a tightly wrapped, folded towel, according to testimony.

“If you wet it, it would get harder,” Deputy Nick Kerfoot said. “He said he could crack a skull with it.”

Kerfoot and other deputies described Renfro as impulsive and quick to anger. Kerfoot and other deputies testified that Renfro received accommodations — special treatment — to prevent the defendant from acting out.

“We’ve been more lax with him to make his stay easier for everyone, including him,” Malcolm said.

Accommodations included religious and meal considerations, according to testimony.

A half dozen correction deputies testified Monday, including two who reported finding potential weapons. A flattened plastic spoon described as a “shank or a shiv” was found inside Renfro’s mattress cover, and a tightly bound rope of gauze, which could be used to choke someone, according to testimony, was found woven through bed springs.

Roark attempted to defuse testimony by asking each of the state’s witnesses if his client had ever physically harmed anyone during more than two years of confinement in the jail.

“Has he ever harmed a single inmate ... has he ever harmed jail staff ... has he ever escaped?” Roarke asked repeatedly.

He had not, jailers answered.

Roark described his client as very disciplined, subscribing to daily workout routines, and using the “rope” as an exercise tool.

And he tried to put into perspective Renfro’s instruction to jail staff regarding making weapons from items inside the jail such as a machete, and the club made from towels.

It’s not a good idea to tell jail staff what you’re going to do, and how you’re going to do it, if you really plan to carry out the act, Roark said.

“J.D. is a big talker,” Roarke said. “If you push him far enough, he’ll make threats... He paints himself as a big shot, tough guy, gang member.”

Showing respect is part of jailhouse culture, Roark reiterated.

“That’s a big concept,” he said. “That’s an important thing.”

District Judge Lansing Haynes said he would allow testimony later in the trial from 48-year-old prison inmate Denver Hart, who is serving time for lewd conduct with a minor and second-degree murder. Renfro allegedly told Hart he purposefully killed Moore. Defense attorneys called Hart “despicable and terribly unreliable,” and objected to Hart’s testimony.

The trial resumes at 9 a.m. today in Courtroom 1 of the old Kootenai County courthouse.