Title: Chiquita Tate Murder: Baton Rouge Lawyer Brutally Murdered by Husband Greg Harris
Headings: Chiquita Tate Murder: Baton Rouge Lawyer Brutally Murdered by Husband Greg Harris
Chiquita Tate Murder: Baton Rouge Lawyer Brutally Murdered by Husband Greg Harris
Who Was Chiquita Tate?
Domestic Troubles
A Horrific Murder
Red Herrings Emerge
Husband Convicted of Murder
Family Still Believes Harris is Innocent

Content: The investigation zeroed in on her husband, Greg Harris, and a jury convicted him of Tate’s brutal murder in 2011. Harris got a 40-year sentence, even though both him and his family continue to maintain his innocence. Chiquita Patrece Tate was a lawyer who worked hard to get justice for her clients. Her office was inside the State National Life Building on the corner of Third and Florida Streets in Baton Rouge. She married Greg Harris in February 2008, a year before she was murdered. About Chiquita Tate
Death
February 20, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Gender
Female
Spouse
Greg Harris
Parents
Catherine Tate, Oliver Ruffin
Alumni
Southern University Law Center
BIRTH
October 15, 1975
Who Was Chiquita Tate? Born on October 15, 1975, to Catherine Tate and Oliver Ruffin, Tate attended school in East Baton Rouge until the 11th grade, when she moved to Chicago, Illinois and finished high school. She had six siblings, and grew up believing in the value of education. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in English from Clark Atlanta University in Georgia, before moving back to Baton Rouge to pursue her J.D. from Southern University Law Center. Tate was officially sworn in as an attorney in October 2004, after which she began her solo practice, focusing on criminal law in January 2005.