Oakland 'groid to be executed, sent back to the big jungle in the sky

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The state Supreme Court upheld an Oakland man's death sentence Thursday for robbing, beating and stabbing a neighbor to death in her home in 1988 and cutting off a finger to steal her wedding and engagement rings.

The justices unanimously rejected arguments by Gregory Tate's lawyers that the prosecutor violated legal standards and that some jurors were improperly dismissed from his 1993 trial for the death of Sarah LaChapelle. [I have not been able to establish the race of LaChapelle. The murder was committed in 1988.]

Tate, now 43, maintains he was innocent. He has a further round of appeals remaining.

LaChapelle, 56, a social worker, was found dead in her home on Hesket Road in East Oakland in April 1988. She had been impaled with a butcher knife and a barbecue fork and had multiple stabbing and beating wounds.

Tate, who sometimes stayed with his grandmother in a nearby house, was arrested the next day driving LaChapelle's car with a television and VCR taken from her home, and blood on his shoes.

He told police he had gotten the car from another man, but officers learned the man was in jail at the time. Tate later testified that he had seen two men leaving LaChapelle's house and that he had gone in, found her dead and left with some of her property and her car keys.

Among the missing items were two diamond rings the victim wore on a finger that the killer cut off. Tate's girlfriend testified that he had given her two diamond rings shortly after the killing, and had later asked her to return them. They were not recovered.

Defense lawyers presented evidence that Tate had a chaotic childhood, fought often in school, started committing thefts as early as age 6 and tried to hang himself at 17.
(O.k., nobody bite on this one!)

The court said Thursday that the trial judge, Alfred Delucchi of Alameda County Superior Court, should have given one prospective juror a chance to answer questions about her record in college before allowing the prosecutor to dismiss her. The court also said the prosecutor had improperly mentioned some alleged violence by Tate that Delucchi had ruled inadmissible.

But the legally admitted evidence "weighed very strongly against" Tate and supported the death verdict, said Justice Marvin Baxter.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/08/BAMI1EBJ81.DTL#ixzz0tAKgyPmc
 
X-Negrologist said:
Gregory Tate
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He had a girlfriend named Lisa Henry who had a brother named Germaine Henry, Germaine is a black name, historically. Lisa's father, Reginald Henry, drove Tate around looking for drugs Tate had stashed earlier, could not find the drugs, they bought beer, sat in car drinking it. Tate's grandmother, Mamie Jackson lived across the street from LaChappelle.
Tate gave Lisa Henry the victim's jewelry, diamond rings, etc.
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People v. Tate - S031641 - Thu, 07/08/2010 | California Supreme Court Resources

scocal.stanford.edu scocal.stanford.edu
or, easier to read

Serological evidence indicated that the pants of the red leather jogging suit
and the sleeve of defendant‟s sweater both contained type B human blood, found in 19 percent of the Black population. The victim had type B blood; defendant has type O blood. Other genetic markers in the blood on the sweater were consistent with the victim‟s blood and appear in about 1.2 percent of the Black population.
Other genetic markers in the blood on the red pants were also consistent with the victim‟s blood and appear in about 11 percent of the Black population.

I assume from the above that the victim most likely was not black.
Jury selection of the defendant's peers, with a Black defendant, they had a hard time in their selection process, a number of full time college students did not want to be on the jury.

Defendant claimed a biased jury selection, court denied his claim.

Juror R.W.
Defense counsel argued that R.W. had not brought up the subject himself,
had inquired about scheduling, and had “admitted” hardship only after great
hesitation. The court responded, “I‟m not here to have kids flunk out of school by taking two months sitting here as a juror when we have a lot of other jurors. I know he is 19 years old, he is an African-American. You probably want to see him as a juror. I understand that.
R.W. was excused from jury pool.

Juror A.S.-P.
On her juror questionnaire, Prospective Juror A.S.-P., who identified
herself as African-American, indicated she had done graduate work in
international and multicultural education at the University of San Francisco (USF), and had received a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree in 1992.
She was African American female who appears to have wanted to be on the jury, she lied her azz off about having a PhD., Doctorate of Education, and her educational background was checked and she was disqualified.
When the court took up the matter again later the same day, defense
counsel asserted that the prosecutor had singled out A.S.-P., “an African-American woman with a high education,”
Prosecutor requested to read her dissertation, there wasn't one.
The prosecutor argued that the willfulness of A.S.-P.‟s misrepresentation
was shown by the fact that she had insisted the court bailiff introduce her as
“doctor.” Moreover, the prosecutor observed, the court had addressed A.S.-P. by that title some 26 times during voir dire without being corrected by her.

Three men, all of whom were serving prison terms at the time they testified,
recounted their relationships with defendant as a child and youth. Their testimony indicated that defendant began drinking beer, smoking, stealing, and committing burglaries as early as age six; was smoking marijuana by the fourth grade; “hung out” with older people in an effort to “fit in”; had a violent temper and a “don‟t care” attitude; and engaged in fights. One of these witnesses opined that defendant was affected by the deaths of Willis Reed, defendant‟s friend Antoine Martin, and defendant‟s maternal grandfather.

Juror A.D.
On his juror questionnaire, A.D., a 68 year old African-American, did not
answer questions about his views on the death penalty, and said he would need more information about a case before expressing any view on life without parole.
Blah blah waffling black ... he'd probably decide on life on a DP case.
At this point, the court said, “I think we have a Wainwright versus Witt,”
and the prosecutor responded, “Clearly.”

Juror P.M.
In his juror questionnaire, P.M., a corporate mathematician, stated he had
no “significant” death penalty views “at the moment,” though imposition of this
penalty was”[ob]viously” a “serious act,” Moreover, over much of the course of
an extended voir dire, he generally agreed that without “enthusias[m]”, “with
reluctance,” “very conservatively,” and “very cautionar[il]y,” he could, after
hearing all the evidence, comply with California law, weigh the aggravating and
mitigating factors, and decide whether the death penalty was appropriate, both generally and in a case where the defendant committed first degree murder by stabbing an African-American female victim to death in her home during a residential burglary and robbery. At one point, P.M. indicated he could sign a death verdict as jury foreperson.
P.M. was excused from jury.
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Moreover, as the People point out, there was evidence to support the
prosecutor‟s characterization of the victim as a sweet, wholesome, and
compassionate grandmother.


I believe Sarah LaChappelle was White. It is obvious after reading the court case that Tate is black.
Tate was extremely violent, a SCUMBAG, LIAR, THIEF, heinous KILLER.
 
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