GA - TRIAL OF Ryan Alexander Duke & Bo Dukes - Tara Grinstead, 29, Ocilla, 22 Oct 2005 *Guilty/Not Guilty*

[Niner]

All I can find is a court calendar and all it shows it the trial starts at 9:30 on May 2. It is on the calendar thru the end of May.

Okay - I shall move him over to 5/2. Thanks for taking the time to look it up!

 

[InDKnow]

Hey All-

With the trial for Ryan Duke coming up I have been listening to U&V season 1 and re-reading some media reports.

I have some questions that occurred to me that I am wondering if any of you know that answer to?
1- Was the Pharmacist Hickey pointed out ever spoken to? He mentioned the guy was rude to him?
2- Was the GBI ever invited on U&V?
3- Early in the podcast a lady (fellow teacher, I think) said when she entered Tara's with a key from the neighbor Tara's bed was a mess. Maurice said her bed was made when he went through the house. How was this reconciled?
4- How will you follow the trial?

Thanks!

 

[Nina Michigan]

Trial starts on MONDAY with jury selection. I'll be there.

 

[InDKnow]

How is everyone following the trial? What news outlets and twitter feeds?

 

[Nina Michigan]

How is everyone following the trial? What news outlets and twitter feeds?

court tv

 

[Gardenista]

court tv

Are you sure? I can't see CourtTV abandoning the Depp trial. Maybe they will run it on their YT channel, though.

 

[InDKnow]

Are you sure? I can't see CourtTV abandoning the Depp trial. Maybe they will run it on their YT channel, though.

Following!

 

[Niner]

Anyone know if there will a someone tweeting the trial? TIA!

 

[Nina Michigan]

Anyone know if there will a someone tweeting the trial? TIA!

I may be interested in doing this.
I mean, I'll be sittin' there

 

[Niner]

I may be interested in doing this.
I mean, I'll be sittin' there

Oh - that sounds like a good plan to me!

 

[cordycepsdaydream]

I may be interested in doing this.
I mean, I'll be sittin' there

What is your Twitter?

 

[Niner]

What is your Twitter?

@Nina Michigan - are you going to post them on this thread? Or ?? If need be - I can copy/paste them from your account.

 

[Nina Michigan]

https://twitter.com/AlreadyGonePod

I won't have access to the message boards while in court.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Tara Grinstead case: What to expect in Ryan Duke's murder trial | 13wmaz.com

Lindsey Forshee, the Superior Court Administrator for the Tifton Judicial Circuit, says the trial could last four to six weeks. Two of those will be dedicated to selecting a jury. Jury selection is set to begin May 2.

 

[Nina Michigan]

Tara Grinstead case: What to expect in Ryan Duke's murder trial | 13wmaz.com

Lindsey Forshee, the Superior Court Administrator for the Tifton Judicial Circuit, says the trial could last four to six weeks. Two of those will be dedicated to selecting a jury. Jury selection is set to begin May 2.

I really hope they don't need two full weeks to select a jury.

 

[Niner]

Monday, May 2nd:
*Trial set to begin with Jury Selection (@ 9:30am ET) - GA - Tara Faye Grinstead (29) (Oct. 22, 2005, Ocilla) – *Ryan Alexander Duke (21 @ time of crime/33/now 38) arrested (2/23/17), indicted (4/2017) & arraigned (5/4/17) with 2 counts of felony murder & 1 count of malice murder, aggravated assault, burglary & concealing death of another. Plead not guilty. Held without bail.
Trial set to begin on 5/2/22 with jury selection. (should last 4 to six weeks). Two of those weeks will be dedicated to jury selection.
Court hearings from 10/13/17 thru 3/10/22 Reference post #392 here:
GA - TRIAL OF Ryan Alexander Duke & Bo Dukes - Tara Grinstead, 29, Ocilla, 22 Oct 2005 *ARREST*
4/15/22 Update: Duke & his lawyers are expected to appear before Chief Judge Bill Reinhardt for a critical hearing concerning the sole piece of DNA evidence that prosecutors claim connects Duke to Grinstead’s disappearance – a single latex glove. Pretrial hearing on 4/18/22.
4/18/22 Update: GBI used TrueAllele DNA testing to match Duke’s DNA profile to a sample on a latex glove found outside Grinstead’s home after she disappeared. Since then, the defense claims they have received new records that suggest the DNA testing deviates from the GBI’s standard testing protocols for DNA evidence. The defense is expected to question GBI forensic scientists about their methodology & findings. Witness: Emily Schmidt, forensic analyst. Duke’s defense lawyers attempted Monday to poke holes in the reliability of the DNA testing that links Duke to the crime scene. Lawyers allege prosecutors are playing hide-and-seek with all the potential evidence as the trial approaches. The jury will hear two things that link Duke to Tara's 2005 disappearance & killing: a 2017 confession Duke gave investigators that he now says was false & DNA the GBI said it found on a latex glove discovered just outside of Grinstead’s home. Defense lawyers allege the GBI didn’t follow its own protocols in testing the evidence & isn’t providing all the documents for the defense to look at them independently. Next trial set to begin on 5/2/22.
4/28/22 Update: Zoom meeting held. Important rulings were made Thursday. The defense attorneys reportedly didn’t want jurors in the case to know about Grinstead’s past. They felt the details, good or bad, should not play a role in the jury’s decision. “Any references to her being a beauty queen, being involved in pageantry. Any of her personal life,” said defense attorney John Merchant. That’s one of the requests lawyers made of the judge in Duke’s upcoming murder trial. Duke’s attorneys say too much information about the well-liked Grinstead would influence the jury. “It’s only appropriate in limited versions during sentencing, during the guilt-innocence phase none of that is allowed to come in,” Merchant said. But in a Zoom meeting prosecutors told the judge that Grinstead’s life will play a key role * those facts will come out. The judge ruled that any statements Bo Dukes made prior to talking with the GBI can be used & anything he told police can’t be used in this trial. Starting Monday, 800 Irwin county residents will be called for jury duty.
Accomplice:
*Bo Dukes: Found guilty (3/21/19) and sentenced to 25 years. 10/22/20 Update: A hearing set for 11/24/20, in Wilcox County for Dukes. The judge will consider Dukes' request for a new trial.

 

[Nina Michigan]

Jury selection did start today, but it was more "jury organizing" than selection. They arranged them into ggroups of 12 and have them scheduled to return tomorrow/Wed/THur for voir dire.

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, May 3rd:
*Trial continues with Jury Selection (Day 2) (@ 9:30am ET) - GA - Tara Faye Grinstead (29) (Oct. 22, 2005, Ocilla) – *Ryan Alexander Duke (21 @ time of crime/33/now 38) arrested (2/23/17), indicted (4/2017) & arraigned (5/4/17) with 2 counts of felony murder & 1 count of malice murder, aggravated assault, burglary & concealing death of another. Plead not guilty. Held without bail.
Trial set to begin on 5/2/22 with jury selection. @ 9:30a (should last 4 to six weeks). Two of those weeks will be dedicated to jury selection.
Court hearings from 10/13/17 thru 4/28/22 Reference post #415 here:
GA - TRIAL OF Ryan Alexander Duke & Bo Dukes - Tara Grinstead, 29, Ocilla, 22 Oct 2005 *ARREST*
5/2/22 Monday, Jury Selection Day 1: Jury selection did start today, but it was more "jury organizing" than selection. They arranged them into groups of 12 & have them scheduled to return tomorrow, Wednesday & Thursday for voir dire. Jury selection continues on 5/3/22.
Accomplice:
*Bo Dukes: Found guilty (3/21/19) and sentenced to 25 years. 10/22/20 Update: A hearing set for 11/24/20, in Wilcox County for Dukes. The judge will consider Dukes' request for a new trial.

 

[Niner]

There was NO jury selection on Monday, so changed the "Day" info.

Wednesday, May 4th:
*Trial continues with Jury Selection (Day 2) (@ 9:30am ET) - GA - Tara Faye Grinstead (29) (Oct. 22, 2005, Ocilla) – *Ryan Alexander Duke (21 @ time of crime/33/now 38) arrested (2/23/17), indicted (4/2017) & arraigned (5/4/17) with 2 counts of felony murder & 1 count of malice murder, aggravated assault, burglary & concealing death of another. Plead not guilty. Held without bail.
Trial set to begin on 5/2/22 with jury selection. (trial should last 4 to six weeks). Two of those weeks will be dedicated to jury selection.
Court hearings from 10/13/17 thru 4/28/22 & Jury selection Day 1 (5/2/22) reference post #417 here:
GA - TRIAL OF Ryan Alexander Duke & Bo Dukes - Tara Grinstead, 29, Ocilla, 22 Oct 2005 *ARREST*
5/3/22 Tuesday, Jury Selection Day 1: A total of 400 potential jurors were summoned to the Irwin County Superior Court. Jury selection could take a while, and another 400 jurors will be summoned next week. Expected to last a week & a half for selection. Jury selection continues on 5/4/22.
Accomplice:
*Bo Dukes: Found guilty (3/21/19) and sentenced to 25 years. 10/22/20 Update: A hearing set for 11/24/20, in Wilcox County for Dukes. The judge will consider Dukes' request for a new trial.

 

[Nina Michigan]

sounds like opening statements could be as early as Wednesday afternoon or possibly tomorrow

I'm back in court today to observe.