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Court: Defendant in teacher slaying has route to state funds by Russ Bynum, The Associated Press Posted Mar 15, 2021 11:34 am EDT Last Updated Mar 15, 2021 at 11:44 am EDT SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia’s highest court opened a door Monday for taxpayer funds to help cover the legal defence of a man awaiting trial for the 2005 slaying of a high school teacher whose disappearance remained a mystery for more than a decade. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that private attorneys for Ryan Duke may seek to contract with a state agency to receive funding for expert witnesses. However, the court did ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's highest court heard arguments Tuesday on whether taxpayers...

GBI officials say suspect Ryan Alexander Duke, 33, was a student at Irwin High School, where Tara Grinstead taught history. Grinstead, a high school teacher and winner of a South Georgia beauty pageant, was missing for more than a decade before Duke was arrested in connection with her murder in 2017, shortly after a friend helped him burn Grinstead’s body in a pine orchard then came clean to investigators. Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. Local Newsletter Please enter a valid email address. Sign up

Defense attorneys for Tara Grinstead's accused killer ask for state funds again The issue of if the state should pay for expert witnesses and investigators to prepare him for trial came back up in court Tuesday Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 1:04 PM EST January 12, 2021 ATLANTA — Attorneys for Ryan Duke, the man accused of killing Tara Grinstead more than 15 years ago, went back before the Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday morning. The issue? If the state should pay for expert witnesses and investigators to help him prepare for trial. An Irwin County judge said no...

Georgia Supreme Court to again hear arguments on state funding for Tara Grinstead's accused killer It is not the first time Ryan Duke has brought this issue to the state’s highest court Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 11:45 PM EST January 10, 2021 ATLANTA — Editor's Note: The video in this story is from previous coverage of Duke's appeal in 2019. Ryan Duke, the man charged with murder in the 2005 death of Tara Grinstead, will be back in front of the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday. According to a Supreme Court of Georgia oral argument schedule and summary, ...