for Monday, May 16th - Day 7
Phil Holloway™
@PhilHollowayEsq
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I’m back at the Irwin Superior Court for the 1st time in ~25 years. This time for the 2nd week of the #TaraGrinstead murder trial of #RyanDuke. Will we see Bo Dukes in here this week? Will Ryan Duke testify? So many things could happen.
Agent Crosby from the GBI is on the stand in the #TaraGrinstead murder trial. He's a crime scene expert who's one of the first who investigated the burn site looking for human bones - says he found household trash near where bones were located
GBI agent is testifying that household debris is found in what's being called a "burn pit" in the #TaraGrinstead trial
This is an interesting demonstration on how bones may be located, but I don't think this will shed any light on who killed #TaraGrinstead or why or under what circumstances
More testimony about how the #TaraGrinstead "burn pits" were excavated.
Only one cross exam question about where this was. It was all in Ben Hill County. This goes to the issue of venue.
Next up in the #TaraGrinstead trial is a bone identification expert from Texas
She will say the DNA analysis in 2017 on suspected remains of #TaraGrinstead revealed the bones were of a human female
The DA is literally passing around bone fragments of suspected remains of #TaraGrinstead to the jury where they can hold and touch them, although they are sealed in bags
Expert testimony is that the DNA is inconclusive and can't be positively linked to #TaraGrinstead because it was degraded and damaged from being burned and charred
There were NO cross examination questions for the #TaraGrinstead bone expert... this presentation did not move the needle in the case IMHO
Former GBI Agent Holland testifies in the #TaraGrinstead trial - he was the other agent who was in the room when #RyanDuke was interviewed. I don't think this testimony will add much either but I am interested to see what cross exam questions will be asked
No cross exam questions for former agent Holland BUT the defense asks for him to be subject to recall and under subpoena in the #TaraGrinstead trial... wonder what they have planned
GBI latent print expert in the #TaraGrinstead testifies about prints in Tara's car. Some prints excluded Bo Dukes and #RyanDuke and some others were inconclusive. Same for the front door of the house.
So far, the witness is not able to put any #RyanDuke prints at #TaraGrinstead's house
What about the glove? 3 prints found on the glove. She says 2 are Ryan Duke's
My impression of this testimony is that the #TaraGrinstead jury is a little bored. It's very technical and perhaps could be presented a little more clearly with less legalese and tech jargon
If this is the final witness in the State's case in chief in the #TaraGrinstead trial, there will be a hearing on a motion for directed verdict once the state rests. This hearing is obligatory. But in this case, I wonder if the statute of limitations will be raised at that point
Moving very quickly this morning with the tail end of the state's case in the #TaraGrinstead trial. We are hearing from GBI latent print expert - not sure but she MAY be the final state's witness
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