This suggested a direct relation between the microstates of4D and 5D black holes, and (invoking [3]) motivated a conjecture of the formZ 5D = Z 4D = |Z top | 2, (1.1)relating a 4D BPS partition function, a 5D BPS partition function and the topologicalstring.
In March 1989 Newton was sentenced to a six-month jail term for misappropriating public funds intended for a Panther-founded Oakland school. In August of that year he was found shot dead on a street in Oakland.
Elaine Brown took over as chairperson of the Black Panther Party in his absence. Newton returned to the United States in 1977 to stand trial for the murder of Smith and the assault on Callins. In October 1977, three Black Panthers attempted to assassinate Crystal Gray, a key prosecution witness in Newton's upcoming trial who had been present the day of Kathleen Smith's murder.