Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh have filed a discover of enchantment with the state of South Carolina one week after he was convicted of double homicide.
Murdaugh was convicted of the homicide of his son and spouse on March 2 after a panel of 12 jurors got here again with a responsible verdict following lower than three hours of deliberations.
The responsible verdict put Murdaugh behind bars for all times, and got here after a six-week-long trial the place jurors heard testimony from 76 witnesses. He was convicted to 2 consecutive life sentences sooner or later after being convicted.
“Richard Alexander Murdaugh appeals his convictions and sentences within the circumstances referenced above. The sentences have been imposed by The Honorable Clifton Newman on March 3, 2023,” the enchantment filed on Thursday states.
ALEX MURDAUGH CONVICTED THURSDAY OF FATALLY SHOOTING HIS WIFE AND SON
Alex Murdaugh is led out of the Colleton County courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Murdaugh is on trial for the double slaying of his son, Paul, and spouse, Maggie, in June 2021. (Mark Sims for Fox Information Digital)
Prosecutors offered jurors with proof from a cellphone video recovered from Paul’s cellphone in 2022, putting Murdaugh on the scene of the crime with the victims simply 4 minutes earlier than they have been killed at 8:50 p.m.
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Alex Murdaugh’s most up-to-date mugshot (South Carolina Division of Corrections)
Murdaugh maintained that he did not go to the canine kennels on the evening that Paul and Maggie have been killed, claiming that he was napping on the important home after which went to see his mom who lives in Almeda, South Carolina, at 9:07 p.m.