Trial of Alex Murdaugh
2023 murder trial in South Carolina, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
State of South Carolina v. Richard Alexander Murdaugh was the trial of American former lawyer Alex Murdaugh for the murder of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. The trial in the fourteenth circuit of the South Carolina Circuit Court began on January 25, 2023, and ended on March 2 with a guilty verdict on all four counts.[1] Murdaugh, who had pleaded not guilty, was sentenced to two life sentences to run consecutively without the possibility of parole.[2] He soon filed a motion for new trial, alleging that the court clerk tampered with the jury; a new trial court judge denied the motion in January 2024.[3]
State v. Murdaugh | |
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Court | South Carolina Fourteenth Circuit |
Full case name | The State of South Carolina v. Richard Alexander Murdaugh |
Started | January 25, 2023 |
Decided | March 2, 2023; 16 months ago (2023-03-02) |
Verdict | Guilty on all counts |
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Case history | |
Subsequent action | Murdaugh sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole |
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Judge sitting | Clifton Newman |
Local media called the trial South Carolina's "trial of the century" and "arguably one of the most high-profile and sensational cases in South Carolina legal history."