- The State of South Carolina is filing numerous motions ahead of Alex Murdaugh’s second murder trial.
- Prosecutors are opposing the defense’s request for independent DNA analysis, calling it an “unnecessary boondoggle.”
- The State is seeking access to Murdaugh’s phone records and wants to use his testimony from the first trial against him.
- Prosecutors have also filed motions to reintroduce evidence of Murdaugh’s financial crimes as a motive for the murders.
With an important pretrial hearing set for Friday, Aug. 14, in Lexington County, the State of South Carolina is filing a barrage of motion after motion in the second murder trial of State vs. Richard Alexander Murdaugh.
Citing jury interference by a public official, the S.C. Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh’s previous 2023 murder convictions in the June 7, 2021 killings of his wife, Maggie, and adult son, Paul, and on May 13 ordered a new trial.
With a trial date set for April 2027, Judge Debra R. McCaslin has already heard a flurry of motions from Murdaugh’s defense attorneys, ranging from a motion for independent DNA analysis to a motion to dismiss all charges and a change-of-venue motion…