SC - Paul Murdaugh & mom Margaret Found Shot To Death - Alex Murdaugh Accused - Islandton #28

[Pruddennce]

HE IS TESTIFYING

 

[Edvis]

Who's driving this train today? It's crazy before leaving the station!

Hired a Railroad Engineer so I could hang with you all in the cocktail lounge car, gonna need a shot or more myself for this lol.

 

[ch_13]

If AM testifies today, that's basically their hail Mary. How long has the defense been on?? Doesn't seem like they have presented much except that someone 5'4" did the shooting. If so, then the possible suspects are:

1. Me (I'm 5'3")
2. Tyrion Lannister
3. or maybe .... how tall is Bubba if he stands on his hind legs?
4. AM seated in the golf cart/ATV where he left one of the guns???

I'm really thinking he bumped her leg with that cart. I'm very interested in what y'all think since I can only watch off and on.

You know, SLED really didn't even investigate Bubba at all. I mean think about it.

	Alex	Bubba
At the scene of the murders	X	X
Known Thief	X	X
Under 5' 2"		X

Reasonable doubt, I tell you.

 

[Megnut]

Defense is calling a short witness first?????

Short? How short? 5'2?

 

[Batman's Mommy]

And it is go time!!! i may get fired today….

There’s no way I am missing this!

 

[makayla]

Perhaps AM was napping!
Sleep-Walking and Sleep-Driving DEFENSE

Sleep Driving and Sleep Killing

Kenneth Parks drove 23 km while asleep and killed his mother in-law. He was fully acquitted because it was determined that he was sleepwalking. But is he really innocent?

www.psychologytoday.com

'Sleepwalking' murder trial ends in acquittal

A Durham County man who said he wasn't aware he had killed his son more than four years ago because he was sleepwalking at the time was found not guilty of the crime Wednesday.

www.wral.com

Sleeping Killer: An Analysis of Voluntary Acts – Juris Magazine

The very idea that a person could commit crimes while sleeping is unsettling at best. Criminal law requires a voluntary act to convict a defendant of a crime. That being said, unconscious individuals committing even the most heinous crimes, including murder, have been able get away with it entirely if they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the act they committed was involuntary.

We have had similar cases here in Arizona so it’s always a possible defense …. I’ve always found it frightening!

 

[Cindizzi]

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[Batman's Mommy]

You know, SLED really didn't even investigate Bubba at all. I mean think about it.

	Alex	Bubba
At the scene of the murders	X	X
Known Thief	X	X
Under 5' 2"		X

Reasonable doubt, I tell you.

Already had killed a chicken….

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/AveryGWilks

Court is back in session.

Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian starts the day by renewing all the defense’s motions to exclude testimony about AM’s alleged financial crimes. He says if the financial crimes hadn’t been allowed in, the defense would have advised their client to take the stand.

It sounds like Harpootian is hinting Alex Murdaugh's defense attorneys tried to talk him out of testifying. It also sounds like it didn't work.

Murdaugh’s defense is once again trying to get a court order preventing the state from asking AM about the financial crimes as part of a “character assassination” on cross-examination.

Programming note: My 'e' button has become uncooperative. Please attribute any and all typos to that moving forward, though I will try to catch them before hitting send.

Harpootlian: “We’re going to spend the next day or two or three with the state going through the minute details” of each of the financial crimes. “This is a Bernie Madoff trial. This isn’t a murder trial.” Judge Newman: You can make that argument to the jury.

Newman notes Murdaugh’s defense has done a good job of preserving its objections for appeal, if convicted. Harpootlian: “Haven’t we wasted enough time on financial matters?” Newman: “All right.”

AM was just sworn in. Judge Newman is now explaining him his rights, including his Fifth Amendment right not to be compelled to testify against himself.

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Newman warns AM he can be “examined or cross-examined on any relevant issue in this case.”

The jury is not here rn. Newman notes the decision on whether to testify is Murdaugh’s alone, not his attorneys’. Newman asks if AM needs to consult with his lawyers on this any further. “No sir, I don’t need to talk to them anymore. I am going to testify. I want to testify.”

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Harpootlian says the defense has one witness who will testify briefly before AM. The defense’s 10th witness is Nolan Tuten, the brother of Nathan Tuten, who testified earlier in this trial. Tuten is a friend of Paul Murdaugh.

Edited to include additional tweets

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

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The Bible did not burn in flames?

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

Should be interesting. AM has nothing to lose at this point. Going away regardless for financial crimes. What's a murder conviction on top of that.

 

[WichitaFalls]

I’m afraid the jurors will like him.

That is my fear. He has managed to fool educated close contacts and family for many years.

 

[Tippy Lynn]

AM's POV: When you're the smartest person in the room why wouldn't you testify.............

 

[Luna20]

I wonder if DH doesn’t want him to testify because he knows AM is guilty?

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

AM just told the court he will testify.

Good luck with that

 

[arielilane]

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[Pruddennce]

a character witness

 

[arielilane]

Is he feeling invincible?

 

[Sunshynn]

And it is go time!!! i may get fired today….

There’s no way I am missing this!

Same!
I just told my boss I was feeling sick....ha ha. She didn't buy it.

 

[arielilane]

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