OAKLAND — A Fairfield man whose late father beat two homicide expenses within the Nineteen Nineties has been sentenced to life with out the potential for parole, plus a further three years, for the 2021 homicide of an Oakland man.
Latrail White, 28, was sentenced in October by Choose Thomas Reardon. He's subsequent due in courtroom Thursday for a restitution listening to, and stays in Santa Rita Jail pending switch to the state jail system.
White was convicted in September of murdering 48-year-old Travis Ward, of Oakland. Ward was shot and killed round 9 a.m. on July 24, 2021, within the 1600 block of Foothill Boulevard. Police say a Mercedes Benz pulled up subsequent to him and an individual within the automotive shot him six instances, hanging him within the chest, buttocks and hip.
Deputy District Lawyer Abigail Mulvihill requested in a sentencing memo that White obtain life with out parole, writing that he seemingly lied below oath when he testified and denied involvement within the homicide.
“Moreover, the Defendant has proven no sympathy for his actions all through this case,” Mulvihill wrote. “He has by no means taken accountability for this homicide nor tried to indicate any regret to the household of the sufferer.”
Ward was pulled over in Berkeley driving a Mercedes much like one scene on the web site of Ward’s homicide. Authorities say that on White’s cellphone, they discovered textual content messages the place he mentioned “murders, rats, snitches,” profitable acquittals in felony circumstances, and referencing the legacy of his father, Apondo White, who allegedly managed central Oakland crack cocaine markets within the Nineteen Nineties and beat two homicide circumstances.
Apondo White was murdered in 1994.
Latrail White maintains his innocence and is interesting his conviction, his legal professional stated in a written assertion.
Police haven't disclosed the suspected motive in Ward’s killing.