Trial of Alex Murdaugh

State v. Murdaugh
State v. Murdaugh
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; 20 months ago
Verdict	Guilty on all counts
Charge	Murder (2 counts); Possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime (2 counts);
Case history
Subsequent action	Murdaugh sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole
Court membership
Judge sitting	Clifton Newman

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]

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."

^ Ortiz, Erik (March 3, 2023). "Alex Murdaugh guilty in murders of wife and son". NBC News. Archived from the original on March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference Deliso-2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Collins, Jeffrey (January 29, 2024). "Alex Murdaugh is denied new double-murder trial after judge hears jury tampering allegations". The Associated Press. Archived from the original on January 29, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024.

[NBCNews3.3.23-1] Ortiz, Erik (March 3, 2023). "Alex Murdaugh guilty in murders of wife and son". NBC News. Archived from the original on March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[Deliso-2023-2] Cite error: The named reference Deliso-2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Collins, Jeffrey (January 29, 2024). "Alex Murdaugh is denied new double-murder trial after judge hears jury tampering allegations". The Associated Press. Archived from the original on January 29, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024.

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