BREAKING: Alex Murdaugh Supreme Court Date Set — Becky Hill's Perjury Conviction Looms Large
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
It's official. The South Carolina Supreme Court has set February 11th, 2026, as the date for oral arguments in Alex Murdaugh's appeal. And the timing couldn't be more significant.
Just two months ago, former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill pled guilty to perjury, obstruction of justice, and two counts of misconduct in office. She admitted to lying under oath at the very hearing that denied Murdaugh a new trial. Now his attorneys are asking the Supreme Court to add her guilty plea to the appeal record — arguing that if she lied about one thing under oath, her denials about jury tampering can't be trusted either.
Today we break down what's actually at stake on February 11th. The defense is running two consolidated appeals: one challenging alleged jury tampering by Becky Hill, and another challenging Judge Clifton Newman's decision to allow extensive financial crimes testimony as motive evidence. The prosecution says the evidence was overwhelming and the jury convicted Murdaugh because he was "obviously guilty."
We walk through the critical legal question: Does South Carolina apply the federal standard for jury tampering — where any attempt to influence a jury is presumed prejudicial — or the state standard that Toal applied, requiring proof that tampering actually changed a vote?
We also explain why this appeal matters even though Murdaugh will never get out of prison regardless. He's already serving 27 years for financial crimes. His attorneys say this is about the integrity of fair trials in South Carolina.
The hearing will be livestreamed and open to the public. A decision could take weeks or months. And if Murdaugh loses, he's already signaled federal court is next.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:03.0 | Here now, Tony Brucey. |
| 0:06.0 | On February 11th, not far away, Alec Murtaugh, will sit in front of five justices at a South Carolina Supreme Court or at the South Carolina Supreme Court. |
| 0:22.2 | It is, there is one. |
| 0:23.5 | This is the big one is where he is going to be at. |
| 0:27.6 | Well, his attorneys make one final argument. |
| 0:31.7 | And the trial that put him away for life, it may be washed away. |
| 0:38.7 | Because they're going to be arguing that that very trial was fundamentally broken. |
| 0:45.7 | And here's the thing. |
| 0:47.7 | They may have a point. |
| 0:49.9 | Not because Murdoch is innocent. |
| 0:51.7 | The evidence against him is substantial. |
| 0:53.9 | His character itself is monstr innocent. The evidence against him is substantial. |
| 0:57.9 | His character itself is monstrous. |
| 0:59.0 | The evidence against him. |
| 1:01.1 | It is what it is. |
| 1:06.6 | Because the woman who read his guilty verdict out loud in that courtroom, |
| 1:10.7 | the clerk of court who is supposed to be a neutral guardian of the process? |
| 1:14.6 | Well, she's since pled guilty to perjury. |
| 1:20.9 | She had been lying under oath at the very hearing that was supposed to determine whether Murdoch got a fair trial, |
| 1:24.5 | and somehow that's still not enough to automatically get him a new one. |
| 1:29.6 | People really don't like Alec Murdo. |
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