Jeffrey Collins

September 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Still undecided by the state Supreme Court is a request by the man to postpone his death so his lawyers can argue his co-defendant lied about having a deal to avoid the death penalty or a life sentence in exchange for testifying that he pulled the trigger to kill a clerk after she struggled to open the safe in a store they were robbing in 1997.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

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August 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear the disgraced attorney's appeal of his murder convictions. His lawyers said they resulted from jury-tampering by the clerk of court who watched over jurors during his six-week trial.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

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April 01, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The disbarred South Carolina attorney who was convicted of murdering his wife and son also was ordered to pay more than $8 million in restitutiob to his financial victims.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

4 minute read

March 28, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Attorneys for the South Carolina attorney who was convicted of murder made the request in a court filing Thursday after federal prosecutors asked a judge earlier this week to keep the statements secret. They argued that Murdaugh wasn't telling the truth and that his plea deal on theft and other charges should be thrown out at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Monday.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

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March 27, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Prosecutors want a judge to revoke their end of a plea deal with the convicted attorney on theft and other charges and order him to the maximum of well over 100 years in prison when he is sentenced in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

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January 30, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The judge said she couldn't overturn the verdict based "on the strength of some fleeting and foolish comments by a publicity-seeking clerk of court."

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

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November 30, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Academy Sports asked that the amount of the settlement be kept confidential because it could encourage other lawsuits, but a judge ruled it didn't make much of a difference because the case had attracted so much publicity already, and that the public had a right to know how it turned out. The estates of the victims will split the settlement.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

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September 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh did something Thursday he hasn't done in the two years since his life of privilege and power started to unravel…

By James Pollard and Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

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September 07, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Murdaugh's lawyers filed court papers saying he deserves a new trial because elected Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill allegedly tampered with the jury that found him guilty earlier this year. Prosecutors have 10 days to respond.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

6 minute read

August 04, 2023 | Daily Report Online

District Court Judge Mary Geiger Lewis tossed the charges Wednesday because ratepayers of the utility that lost billions of dollars on the project were improperly allowed on the grand jury that indicted Westinghouse Electric Co. executive Jeffrey Benjamin.

By Jeffrey Collins | The Associated Press

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