Grayland Winbush California

Grayland Winbush is an inmate on death row in the state of California..

Crime

Winbush and an accomplice were convicted of killing a 20-year-old woman, Erika Beeson during the robbery of her Oakland apartment. He was wearing an electronic tracking device and on parole, released 10 days earlier by the California Youth Authority after serving four years for stealing a car at age 14.

In December 1995, 20-year-old Erika Beeson lived with 21-year-old Mario Botello in an Oakland apartment. The building had a security gate, and visitors had to be “buzzed in” to enter. Botello sold small amounts of marijuana, mostly to people he knew. He grew up in South Berkeley and had been childhood friends with Norman Patterson. He was 14 when he first met defendant.

Defendant was arrested at age 14 for driving a stolen car and spent the next four years in custody at the California Youth Authority (CYA).² On December 12, 1995, at the age of 19, he was released on parole subject to electronic monitoring. Defendant soon began contacting friends, including Patterson. By that time, Patterson's sister had married defendant's brother.

Address

Grayland Winbush V00401

San Quentin State Prison Death Row

San Quentin, CA 94974

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