Alex Murdaugh’s Defense and Prosecutors Expect to Clash over Evidence During Pretrial Hearing – WTOP News
Lawyers will argue access to evidence and requests for new DNA and cartridge-case testing as the state and defense clash over what jurors may hear.
- On Friday, South Carolina circuit court judge Debra McCaslin convened a hearing in Lexington to address urgent evidence disputes ahead of Alex Murdaugh's double homicide retrial, scheduled for April 5, 2027.
- The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh's 2023 convictions earlier this year after finding jury tampering; he remains imprisoned while awaiting retrial for murdering his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and son, Paul Murdaugh.
- Attorneys are clashing over proposed Y-chromosome STR testing on genetic material found under Maggie's fingernails and records regarding an alleged crime-scene coverup involving a police official.
- The defense requested independent ballistics comparisons to link cartridge cases to shootings in Allendale, including the April 25, 2026, murder of Frank Alexander Brown III, which prosecutors opposed.
- Additional motions remain scheduled for a hearing on November 13, 2026, to clarify testing permissions and establish evidence deadlines before jury selection begins in Sumter County.
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Prosecutors and lawyers for Alex Murdaugh are scheduled to return to court in South Carolina on Friday amid escalating disputes over evidence for his retrial next year on murder charges.
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Alex Murdaugh's defense and prosecutors expect to clash over evidence during pretrial hearing
Prosecutors and lawyers for Alex Murdaugh are scheduled to return to court in South Carolina on Friday amid escalating disputes over evidence for his retrial next year on murder charges.
Alex Murdaugh’s defense and prosecutors expect to clash over evidence during pretrial hearing – WTOP News
Prosecutors and lawyers for Alex Murdaugh are scheduled to return to court in South Carolina on Friday amid escalating disputes over evidence for his retrial next year on murder charges. Murdaugh, 58, is scheduled to stand trial again in April on two murder charges in the June 2021 shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and...
Alex Murdaugh to appear at Friday hearing where lawyers will argue DNA, gun issues
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A showdown between prosecutors and lawyers for Alex Murdaugh who is accused of killing his wife and son will take place Friday when they meet in a pretrial hearing at the Lexington County courthouse. Murdaugh, 58, is…
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