Legal Opinion
FORD v. TATE (And Vice Versa)
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 31, 2019No. S19A0825, S19X0826PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
307 Ga. 383
FINAL COPY S19A0825, S19X0826. FORD v. TATE; and vice versa. BENHAM, Justice. In 2005, Nicholas Cody Tate pleaded guilty to the murders of Chrissie Williams and her three-year-old daughter, Katelyn Williams, and to numerous related crimes. He waived his right to a jury trial as to sentencing for the murders. At the conclusion of a sentencing bench trial, the trial court found the existence of several statutory aggravating circumstances and sentenced Tate to death for each of the murders. This Court unanimously affirmed Tate’s convictions and death sentences. See Tate v. State,
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