SC - Paul Murdaugh & mom Margaret Found Shot To Death - Alex Murdaugh Accused - Islandton *Guilty* #44

[Cindizzi]

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[Seattle1]

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Alex Murdaugh's Jury Tampering Case - FITSNews

Convicted killer's appeal on hold while high court reviews controversial decision not to grant him a new trial...

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South Carolina’s supreme court justices filed an order on Tuesday (August 13, 2024) agreeing to certify the appeal of Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions – meaning they will take up the controversial decision reached back in January to deny Murdaugh a new trial on the basis of alleged jury tampering.

The ruling from the high court came a little over a month after a motion to certify Murdaugh’s appeal was filed by his attorneys – Dick Harpootlian, Jim Griffin, Phillip Barber and Maggie Fox. That motion (.pdf) asked the justices to revisit former S.C. chief justice Jean Toal’s decision from January denying Murdaugh a new trial – even though he appeared to have met the high bar she established in his case (and even though federal law appears to be on Murdaugh’s side).

According to Murdaugh’s attorneys, Toal erred in denying his motion for a new trial – effectively “ruling that South Carolina courts should disregard (the) binding precedent of the U.S. supreme court.”
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According to the motion filed by Murdaugh’s counsel, the state supreme court must decide “whether the verdict returned after Mr. Murdaugh’s internationally televised murder trial should be overturned due to unprecedented jury tampering by a state official, the former Colleton County clerk of court.”

The legal principle of major importance the defense is asking the court to consider?

“Whether it is presumptively prejudicial for a state official to secretly advocate for a guilty verdict through ex parte contacts with jurors during trial, or whether a defendant, having proven the contacts occurred, must also somehow prove the verdict would have been different at a hypothetical trial in which the surreptitious advocacy did not occur,” Murdaugh’s lawyers argued.

In other words, was the tampering itself enough to warrant a new trial? Or did Murdaugh’s lawyers also need to prove it impacted the outcome of the proceedings?
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What a mess and unnecessary expense to the taxpayers!

 

[Seattle1]

Bombshell ruling in Alex Murdaugh murder case

The South Carolina lawyer received two life sentences last year for gunning down Maggie Murdaugh and their son Paul, 22, at their sprawling 1,800 acre hunting estate in June 2021.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[arielilane]

Not surprising news but unfortunate news. moo

 

[arielilane]

@BrianEntin

The South Carolina Supreme Court will take on Alex Murdaugh's appeal based on jury tampering allegations.The appeal alleges Clerk of Court Becky Hill tampered with jurors.If the SC Supreme Court sides with Murdaugh, he could get a new trial.


10:43 AM · Aug 14, 2024

 

[Cindizzi]

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South Carolina Supreme Court agrees to review ruling denying Alex Murdaugh new murder trial

While no date has been set, the highest court in the Palmetto State will hear, and could reverse, a decision denying a second Murdaugh murder trial.

www.greenvilleonline.com