courts until 2014. Other cases Sample of other cases: Lisa Faye Keller vs. State of Florida (1986) – Defendant bludgeoned her 70-year-old father to death outside his condominium, September 1986. Virginia Barrett vs. Port St. Lucie Sheriff Office (1997) – Mother's suit against Port St. Lucie Sheriff's Office for the death of her son Anderson Tate Jr. on December 4, 1996 while he was in custody at the St. Lucie County jail. Amiee Lee Weiss vs. State of Florida (2002) – Teenager tried on charges that she killed her newborn son, stuffed him in a backpack, and dumped him in a canal. Gorman Roberts vs. State of Florida (2002) – Charged with pushing 5-year-old boy into a canal after the boy slipped out of his home in February 2002. "Rubin represented the parents in the so-called "Vegan Baby Death" (2005) who were accused of aggravated manslaughter. Their five-month-old infant allegedly died of malnutrition, being fed only wheat grass, coconut water, and almond milk. They were acquitted of those charges but convicted of four counts of child neglect "Frank Valdez, an inmate on Florida's Death Row" was killed by his guards. Rubin represented his family for his wrongful death. The case led to an investigation by the FBI into the Florida Prison System. "Rubin represented Kendall Truitt", a United States Navy sailor investigated by the Navy in connection with the USS Iowa turret explosion. Leaks to the media by the Navy and the Navy's Naval Investigative Service implied that Truitt had a homosexual relationship with another sailor, Clayton Hartwig, and may have assisted in or caused the intentional detonation of the battleship's gun turret. After Rubin began representing Truitt, the Navy backed off of its insinuations against Truitt. Death Ellis Rubin died, aged 81, at his Miami home following a battle with cancer. In addition to his wife, Barbara Storer, he was survived by four children and seven grandchildren. See also List of U.S. state laws on same-sex unions References External links Articles Referencing Both Ellis Rubin & Lionel Tate F.B.I. Joins Investigation Into Florida Inmate's Death 1925 births 2006 deaths College of the Holy Cross alumni Criminal defense lawyers Florida lawyers University of Miami School of Law alumni Lawyers from Syracuse, New York Deaths from cancer in Florida 20th-century American lawyers