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Alex Murdaugh wants murder indictments dismissed, saying agent lied to grand jury
Lawyers say lead investigator gave grand jurors false evidence as prosecutors argue probable cause still supported the indictment.
- Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh asked Judge Debra McCaslin on Friday to dismiss his double-murder indictment, citing incorrect grand jury testimony from lead investigator David Owen regarding blood spatter evidence.
- Defense lawyers contend Owen testified to grand jurors that blood spatter was found on Murdaugh's T-shirt when no blood spatter was actually detected on his clothing.
- Prosecutors argue "a single mistake is not bad faith" and maintain ample probable cause exists; Owen was also involved in a separate murder case dismissed last year for failing to disclose evidence to attorneys.
- If Judge McCaslin grants the dismissal, prosecutors may seek new grand jury indictments as soon as next month; the retrial for murders of Maggie Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh remains scheduled for April 5 next year in Sumter.
- This retrial follows the South Carolina Supreme Court's decision to overturn the original 2023 conviction after ruling that former Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill improperly influenced jurors against the defendant.
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Alex Murdaugh wants murder indictments dismissed, saying agent lied to grand jury
Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh are expected in court Friday to ask a judge to throw out the original murder indictments for killing his wife and son. Now they're saying the chief investigator in the case lied to the grand jury.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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