SC - Paul Murdaugh, 22 and mom Margaret, 52, found shot to death, Islandton, 7 June 2021 #14

[JerseyGirl]

New motion in Murdaugh murders trial seeks DNA, gunshot residue and blood evidence

Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh have filed motions demanding the South Carolina Attorney General's Office turn over more evidence in the case.

www.greenvilleonline.com

 

[legalmomma]

https://www.fitsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/securepdfs/2022/10/2022-10-18-DEF-Motion-to-Strike.pdf

Motion filed yesterday

 

[girlhasnoname]

https://www.fitsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/securepdfs/2022/10/2022-10-18-DEF-Motion-to-Strike.pdf

Motion filed yesterday

I don't see the Defense winning this motion.

MOO

 

[MassGuy]

Killer response from the state here, absolutely destroying the defense's arguments. At points the snark is hilarious.

"It appears the defendant's experienced team of defense lawyers do not understand how polygraphs work..."

"It says a lot about Alex Murdaugh's defense that he makes such a huge deal out of a generally inadmissible polygraph...

https://www.fitsnews.com/2022/10/19/murdaugh-murders-saga-south-carolina-attorney-generals-office-responds-to-flurry-of-defense-motions/

 

[girlhasnoname]

SC judge sets Thursday hearing as lawyers in Murdaugh murder trial continue to spar​

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Judge C Newman has scheduled a 10:30 a.m. Thursday hearing in Florence.

Defense lawyers DH and JG allege that Smith is a key suspect in their murders and that prosecutors know that but are keeping it a secret and concentrating on Murdaugh as the sole suspect.

Harpootlian and Griffin also charge, in their latest motion filed Tuesday, that prosecutors are refusing to say the exact times of Maggie and Paul’s deaths and the reason is that perhaps prosecutors don’t know when they were killed.

Attorney General prosecutor C Waters is expected to argue against any motion that Harpootlian and Griffin bring before the judge.

SC judge sets Thursday hearing as lawyers in Murdaugh murder trial continue to spar

 

[worm]

I wonder how AMs side will play the possible crime scene contamination issue? An “out to get him” angle? They don’t have to present anything about polygraph results but just how much LE uses the detector test in investigations would seem relevant.

 

[legalmomma]

SC judge sets Thursday hearing as lawyers in Murdaugh murder trial continue to spar​

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Judge C Newman has scheduled a 10:30 a.m. Thursday hearing in Florence.

Defense lawyers DH and JG allege that Smith is a key suspect in their murders and that prosecutors know that but are keeping it a secret and concentrating on Murdaugh as the sole suspect.

Harpootlian and Griffin also charge, in their latest motion filed Tuesday, that prosecutors are refusing to say the exact times of Maggie and Paul’s deaths and the reason is that perhaps prosecutors don’t know when they were killed.

Attorney General prosecutor C Waters is expected to argue against any motion that Harpootlian and Griffin bring before the judge.

SC judge sets Thursday hearing as lawyers in Murdaugh murder trial continue to spar

If its live here is Judge Newman's YouTube I believe:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChSlG0IKBUgolUGGIs-OZ-w/featured

 

[sds71]

A Mexican citizen has filed a lawsuit against disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh, his former law firm and former banker Russell Laffitte and his bank, alleging that settlement money owed to him from a lawsuit after a 2008 car crash is missing. “Defendants failed to inform Plaintiff of the amount of funds recovered on his behalf and to this date, the Plaintiff has never received the funds,” the lawsuit says. In response, the firm formerly known as Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, or PMPED, told The State newspaper that the lawsuit “contains numerous allegations that are demonstrably false” and that in fact $73,000 in settlement funds paid to Manuel Santis-Cristiani, who filed the lawsuit.

Read more at: https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article267266007.html#storylink=cpy

 

[legalmomma]

Twitter to follow for hearing today

https://twitter.com/x/status/1583077149673631744

 

[Spyderlady]

Does anyone know why the hearing is being held in Florence county when the murders took place in Colleton county? Maybe this is common in South Carolina...I did a search but couldn't find the answer.

 

[legalmomma]

 

[legalmomma]

dbm

 

[girlhasnoname]

Does anyone know why the hearing is being held in Florence county when the murders took place in Colleton county? Maybe this is common in South Carolina...I did a search but couldn't find the answer.

Florence

 

[girlhasnoname]

Alex has grown his hair back in, it's mostly gray

 

[Elley Mae]

On the final page of his response filing, though, Waters dropped a bombshell of his own narrowing down the time of death.

“If the defense needs further help for a start time, there is evidence of which the defense is well aware showing (Murdaugh)’s presence along with the victims at the crime scene at 8:44 p.m.,” he wrote.

The motion did not elaborate as to what evidence may have established this “start time.”

https://www.fitsnews.com/2022/10/19/murdaugh-murders-saga-south-carolina-attorney-generals-office-responds-to-flurry-of-defense-motions/

 

[Elley Mae]

On the final page of his response filing, though, Waters dropped a bombshell of his own narrowing down the time of death.

“If the defense needs further help for a start time, there is evidence of which the defense is well aware showing (Murdaugh)’s presence along with the victims at the crime scene at 8:44 p.m.,” he wrote.

The motion did not elaborate as to what evidence may have established this “start time.”

https://www.fitsnews.com/2022/10/19/murdaugh-murders-saga-south-carolina-attorney-generals-office-responds-to-flurry-of-defense-motions/

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On Tuesday, June 15, SLED and the Colleton County Coroner's Office stated that the Murdaugh autopsies are complete and confirmed that both victims died from multiple gunshot wounds sometime between 9 and 9:30 p.m. on Monday, June 7. Their bodies were found outside the residence, relatively close to each other, on the ground near a dog kennel.

Murdaugh autopsy details, SLED timeline released in double homicide

Murdaugh autopsy details, SLED timeline released in high profile double homicide involving a prominent S.C. Lowcountry family.

www.blufftontoday.com

 

[girlhasnoname]

State confirms the video exists of Alex with MM and PM at 8:44.

 

[girlhasnoname]

The State is bringing it today. Good for them, they seem more prepared and confident than in previous hearings.

AM is going down, Harpootlian is bellowing to hear himself talk, he's rude and interrupts when the State is speaking.

MOO

 

[worm]

It’s looking like they are having the trial by these motions. At least little facts are coming out and if they can put him there at 845 then AM may want to brush up on his plea deal lawyering.

 

[Elley Mae]

It’s looking like they are having the trial by these motions. At least little facts are coming out and if they can put him there at 845 then AM may want to brush up on his plea deal lawyering.

Seems him phone would show him moving and the vehicle would probably show time.

Jmo