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: 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. Before going to law school, Tate worked as a teacher with the Timbuktu Academy art Southern University, and was a legal assistant to a judge. She later became a member of several the American Bar Association, Criminals Defense Lawyer’s Association, and the Baton Rouge Bar Association. Domestic Troubles
About six weeks before her wedding to Harris, Tate called 911 saying that her fiancé beat and choked her in their home. Still, they got married. On February 20, 2009, Greg Harris called 911 and stopped a police officer on patrol, telling him that he went to Tate’s office because she did not come home the night before.