Date Set for Tate Execution

Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens has set Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. as the day and time of the execution of the man convicted of the 2001 killings of a mother and her 3-year-old daughter.

If executed this month at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Nicholas Cody Tate will be the 30th inmate put to death by lethal injection. Tate was convicted of the 2001 murder of Chrissie Williams and her 3-year-old daughter, Katelyn Williams.

Tate was convicted in Paulding County for two counts of murder, two counts of kidnapping, child molestation, cruelty to children, possession of a firearm during a crime and conspiracy in connection with the Dec. 11, 2001, murders. Tate has been incarcerated since Jan. 25, 2006. Tate's offender record is attached to this article.

Earlier this month, the Paulding County Superior Court ordered Tate’s execution to occur between Jan. 31 and Feb. 7.

The Associated Press reports that Tate's case moved relatively quickly through the death penalty appeals process as Tate as of yet has not challenged his death sentence.