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Murdaugh attorneys file motion for new trial
Alex Murdaugh speaks with his legal team before he is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the murder of his wife and son by Judge Clifton Newman at the Colleton County Courthouse on Friday, March 3, 2023 in in Walterboro, S.C.
Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool, File
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A spokesperson for Alex Murdaugh's defense team says attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin have filed a motion requesting a new trial for the disgraced South Carolina lawyer convicted in March of killing his wife, Maggie, and son Paul.
The spokesperson says "after-discovered evidence" is the reason for the filing. Harpootlian and Griffin are expected to hold a press conference in Columbia on September 5th.
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