Ga. Supreme Court rules for Duke defense Tara Grinstead case (Source: WALB) By Dave Miller | March 15, 2021 at 9:26 AM EDT - Updated March 15 at 3:17 PM
ATLANTA (WALB) - The Supreme Court of Georgia has reversed an Irwin County court’s ruling that the
Georgia Indigent Defense Act provides no means for pro bono counsel representing Ryan Alexander Duke to obtain state funds for defense experts and an investigator.
“Contrary to the trial court’s conclusion, the Indigent Defense Act allows an indigent defendant to obtain such ancillary defense services through a contract between pro bono counsel and either the Georgia Public Defender Council or the appropriate circuit public defender,” Chief Justice Harold Melton writes for the majority in Monday’s 8-1 decision.
Ocilla man arrested on sex offenses Dewayne Vickers was arrested on warrants taken by the Ocilla Police Department (Source: Irwin County Jail) By WALB News Team | January 22, 2021 at 11:27 AM EST - Updated January 22 at 11:27 AM
OCILLA, Ga. (WALB) - A man has been arrested on rape and child molestation charges in Irwin County.
Dewayne Vickers, 56, is being held at the Irwin County Detention Center after his arrest Monday.
The charges stem from an incident that happened in February or March 2016 at an Irwin County school, according to copies of the arrest warrants from the Ocilla Police Department. The victim was under 16-years-old at the time of the incident, according to the warrants.