Judge Rejects Tate Execution Appeal

Nicholas Cody Tate remains on a course to be executed Tuesday after a judge denied an appeal aimed at postponing the death of the man convicted of the 2001 killings of a mother and her 3-year-old daughter.

Butts County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wilson on Thursday rejected an appeal by Tate’s brother, the Associated Press reports. The AP’s report says Dustin Wade Tate sought an appeal on his brother’s behalf; Nicholas Tate has waived all appeals since 2009.

Tate , more than 11 years after the murders of Chrissie Williams and her daughter, Katelyn. 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. He has been incarcerated since Jan. 25, 2006.