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

[girlhasnoname]

Grrrrrr - Now the Defense wants to rewrite the SC Rules of Criminal Procedure

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On Sept. 23, Murdaugh’s criminal defense team, which includes noted attorneys Richard Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, filed a motion in Colleton County General Sessions Court asking for “subpoena duces tecum” powers as they work to prepare Murdaugh’s defense.

While a typical subpoena is a court order requiring the attendance of a witness to testify at a particular time and place, a subpoena duces tecum is an order requiring a witness to bring forth documents, materials or other items under their control that they may be bound by law to produce into evidence during a later trial.

State prosecutors have since filed a motion in opposition, contending that subpoenas command witnesses to appear or deliver documents “at a specified court proceeding” and not before the trial. They have contended that Murdaugh’s motion not only violates rules of criminal procedure but is also unconstitutional.

Murdaugh murders case: S. Carolina says Alex Murdaugh should not be a 'special defendant'

 

[sds71]

Alex Murdaugh double murder trial set for January 2023

Disbarred Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh will be tried on double-murder charges in January 2023 at the Colleton County Courthouse. Murdaugh is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Maggie, and son

www.postandcourier.com

 

[worm]

Alex Murdaugh double murder trial set for January 2023

Disbarred Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh will be tried on double-murder charges in January 2023 at the Colleton County Courthouse. Murdaugh is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Maggie, and son

www.postandcourier.com

I’m ready to see who cries uncle and seeks a delay first. The state will probably try to get more time and AMs team will be glad for it. The times have changed as I was looking back at a local case from the 80s where a murder occurred in late August and the case was charged, tried, and convicted by Christmas.

 

[girlhasnoname]

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In news first reported by Avery Wilks of The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier, Murdaugh’s murder trial has been scheduled to begin on Monday, January 30, 2023. Three weeks have been budgeted for the proceedings – meaning the trial is expected to run through February 17, 2023.

“Attorney general Alan Wilson announces that the murder trial of Richard Alexander Murdaugh has been scheduled to start on January 30, 2023, and last until February 17,” the statement noted. “It is our understanding that Judge Clifton Newman will preside over the trial, which will take place at the Colleton County Courthouse.

Murdaugh’s lawyers – state senator Dick Harpootlian and Columbia, S.C. attorney Jim Griffin – issued a statement shortly after the date for the trial was formally announced.

“We appreciate the Court accommodating our request for a speedy trial,” the statement noted. “Alex is looking forward to his day in court and we are confident that he will be acquitted after an impartial Colleton County jury considers all the evidence. Alex continues to hope that everyone responsible for Maggie and Paul’s death will eventually be brought to justice.”

https://www.fitsnews.com/2022/10/13...nDuurjebOh36T7DS8R2wexhMulmJrve-59ixJw0MPMN-M

 

[LetsSolvIt]

Alex Murdaugh double murder trial set for January 2023

Disbarred Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh will be tried on double-murder charges in January 2023 at the Colleton County Courthouse. Murdaugh is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Maggie, and son

www.postandcourier.com

State court officials have scheduled Murdaugh’s double murder trial to begin Jan. 30 in Colleton County before Judge Clifton Newman, [Yeah!!!] [BBM] setting the stage for what will surely be one of the closest-watched criminal proceedings in South Carolina history. The trial is expected to last some three weeks, through Feb. 17, according to a scheduling order signed by 14th Circuit Chief Administrative Judge Bentley Price.

 

[sds71]

State court officials have scheduled Murdaugh’s double murder trial to begin Jan. 30 in Colleton County before Judge Clifton Newman, [Yeah!!!] [BBM] setting the stage for what will surely be one of the closest-watched criminal proceedings in South Carolina history. The trial is expected to last some three weeks, through Feb. 17, according to a scheduling order signed by 14th Circuit Chief Administrative Judge Bentley Pri

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Avery G. Wilks
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Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial date, announced as Jan. 30, 2023, in a court order obtained by
@postandcourier yesterday, has since been changed to Jan. 23, 2023. I'm told this is due to confusion between all parties an about what constituted "the last week of January."

In other words, the attorneys working the case agreed to a trial to begin on the last week of January. The judge agreed to that, too. Then judge issued an order setting the trial for Jan. 30 when the attorneys thought it would begin Jan. 23.

State court officials went through the trouble of rearranging schedules and court assignments so Judge Newman could be in Colleton County for three weeks starting Jan. 30. But some folks involved had already booked lodging in Walterboro, expecting the trial to begin Jan. 23.

 

[girlhasnoname]

<snipped> Very interesting, they're going with Cousin Eddie did it!

Defense attorneys for accused double murderer Alex Murdaugh say in a new court filing that Eddie Smith, not their client, likely killed Murdaugh’s wife and son in June 2021.

The 11-page motion, filed in Colleton County, says that investigators gave Smith a lie detector test that he failed when asked about the killings of Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22.

“Smith decidedly failed a polygraph when questioned if he murdered Maggie and Paul. ... The reason Smith failed the polygraph when asked if he murdered Maggie and Paul is because he in fact did commit these heinous crimes,” the motion says.

Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers say Eddie Smith failed polygraph about Maggie, Paul’s murders

 

[Elley Mae]

When asked what he knew about their deaths, he told investigators it was Paul who caught his mother and an unnamed groundskeeper together in one of the barns at the family Moselle property, and in a rage shot his mother. Smith went on to say that when Paul turned his rifle towards the groundskeeper, he shot him with a shotgun.

Alleged co-conspirator of Alex Murdaugh failed lie detector test, documents say

A reported co-conspirator of Alex Murdaugh is the subject of a new filing by the disgraced lawyer’s attorneys as the clock is ticking down until his double murder trial.

www.live5news.com

 

[Elley Mae]

Polygraph not admissible in SC court.

 

[Rosiebones]

When asked what he knew about their deaths, he told investigators it was Paul who caught his mother and an unnamed groundskeeper together in one of the barns at the family Moselle property, and in a rage shot his mother. Smith went on to say that when Paul turned his rifle towards the groundskeeper, he shot him with a shotgun.

Alleged co-conspirator of Alex Murdaugh failed lie detector test, documents say

A reported co-conspirator of Alex Murdaugh is the subject of a new filing by the disgraced lawyer’s attorneys as the clock is ticking down until his double murder trial.

www.live5news.com

How come there has never been any MSM or even rumors of a groundskeeper present at the murders, nevermind participating in the killings?

 

[Countem]

When asked what he knew about their deaths, he told investigators it was Paul who caught his mother and an unnamed groundskeeper together in one of the barns at the family Moselle property, and in a rage shot his mother. Smith went on to say that when Paul turned his rifle towards the groundskeeper, he shot him with a shotgun.

Alleged co-conspirator of Alex Murdaugh failed lie detector test, documents say

A reported co-conspirator of Alex Murdaugh is the subject of a new filing by the disgraced lawyer’s attorneys as the clock is ticking down until his double murder trial.

www.live5news.com

Wow. Just… wow.

 

[Tracey4AU]

When asked what he knew about their deaths, he told investigators it was Paul who caught his mother and an unnamed groundskeeper together in one of the barns at the family Moselle property, and in a rage shot his mother. Smith went on to say that when Paul turned his rifle towards the groundskeeper, he shot him with a shotgun.

Alleged co-conspirator of Alex Murdaugh failed lie detector test, documents say

A reported co-conspirator of Alex Murdaugh is the subject of a new filing by the disgraced lawyer’s attorneys as the clock is ticking down until his double murder trial.

www.live5news.com

And Eddie would know this how?? (Not directed at @Elley Mae, just rhetorical)

 

[Elley Mae]

And Eddie would know this how?? (Not directed at @Elley Mae, just rhetorical)

Maybe AM told him what happened.

 

[Tracey4AU]

Maybe AM told him what happened.

Yeah, I would assume that to be the case. Or AM’s VERSION of what happened anyway.

 

[Rosiebones]

I would think that Maggie's family and friends would be absolutely outraged by this defense. MOO MOO MOO MOO

 

[JerseyGirl]

Murdaugh murder trial to begin one week sooner than expected

The trial of disgraced former Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh has moved up one week according to court documents filed Friday.

www.live5news.com

Murdaugh, who faces two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife, 52-year-old Maggie Murdaugh and their youngest son, 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh, is now set to begin on Jan. 23.

 

[girlhasnoname]

Right... MM was getting it on with the groundskeeper when she went to Moselle specifically meet AM. The Defense had to come up with some crap to throw against the wall, but I'm sure a juror will see completely through this nonsense.

Oh, and it really makes me mad that he is besmirching MM name.

MOO

 

[girlhasnoname]

How come there has never been any MSM or even rumors of a groundskeeper present at the murders, nevermind participating in the killings?

There were rumors early on in the case just nothing in MSM that we could talk about. I still don't believe it for a minute.

 

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There were rumors early on in the case just nothing in MSM that we could talk about. I still don't believe it for a minute.

They are doing this because they don’t have to prove that somebody else did it, but only suggest that somebody else COULD HAVE done it.

 

[pizzaman12]

Polygraph not admissible in SC court.

He's well aware it's not admissible. It's all about creating any form of doubt.