AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Jurors in the Leon Tripp and Tanya Tripp murder trial heard a recorded jailhouse interview with Leon Tripp on Friday, the fifth day of testimony, as the state continued presenting witnesses in the death of Janell Tripp, a teenager who was reported missing in April 2017 and whose remains were found in March 2018.
Defense seeks removal of DA’s office; judge orders written motion by Sunday
Before court adjourned, Tanya’s attorney Arnold Ragas asked Judge Lyons to remove the entire Richmond County District Attorney’s Office from the case.
Ragas argued that Kevin Davis, the Chief Assistant District Attorney, previously worked for the Public Defender’s Office from 2017 through 2019 — the same office that handled parts of Tanya’s defense early in the case. Ragas said Davis participated in internal meetings, strategy discussions, and discovery reviews related to Tanya’s case at that time. Ragas said Davis is now helping supervise the prosecution and could step in if lead prosecutor Justin Mullis has to step away.
The prosecution did not deny that Davis had been consulted but argued the defense’s claims were too vague and lacked specifics about what information Davis may have accessed…