Tag: Dick Harpootlian

Alex Murdaugh’s Attorneys to Appeal Conviction Because Judge Allow Testimony About Financial Crimes

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Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers finally spoke to the media Friday afternoon, hours after their client was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the murders of his wife and son, and said they plan to appeal the verdict. Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin cited Judge Clifton Newman’s “erroneous decision” to allow testimony about Murdaugh’s multi-million financial …

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February 22, 2023

Nancy Grace: Murdaugh Judge Allows ‘Ballistics Expert’ With No Training to Testify for Defense

CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace tells Fox News that the judge in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial “threw the defense a bone” Tuesday when he allowed a “ballistics expert” with no ballistics training to testify that the gunman who killed Murdaugh’s wife and son was “really short, like 5-2.” “The jury had to be dumbfounded,” Grace said. “But …