Judge Denies Stand Your Ground Defense in Killing of Scott Spivey

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.0 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A judge has denied Weldon Boyd’s request for “stand your ground” immunity, clearing the way for Scott Spivey’s family to move forward with a wrongful death lawsuit against Boyd, who fatally shot Spivey in 2023. To hear complete breakdown of the case check out the Impact episode from 11/06/2025. The interview with WSJ reporter Valerie Bauerlein tells the story. Attorney, Matt Siembieda joined Impact to analyze the judges ruling. Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present fro the southeast region of the U.S. Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company. Look for Impact of Influence on Facebook and Youtube. Please support our sponsors Elevate your closet with Quince. Go to Quince dot com slash impact for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Impact of influence.
0:03.8	Covering true crime throughout the southeast.
0:09.0	Now, whether you call it pursuit, following, I'm chasing,
0:15.1	they know.
0:17.6	Both guys in that truck know that the guy they're following at a rapid trying to keep up,
0:23.6	he's got a gun. Stay back. He's acting like a fool. He was. Spivey was acting like a fool
0:33.6	that day. No question about that. But foolish behavior don't require you to foolishly act
0:40.5	yourself. That is the voice of the judge and his ruling after a four-day hearing about the
0:46.8	stand-your-ground case involving Scott Spivey and Weldon Boyd. Hello, friend. I am Matt Harris, and Seton Tucker is here.
0:55.9	Always grateful you're spending time with us.
0:58.0	Love for you to join the conversation.
1:00.1	You can find us on Facebook at Impact of Influence and also on our YouTube channel.
1:04.6	YouTube channel, hit the subscribe button.
1:06.7	Videos are getting better and better, I think.
1:08.2	And so hopefully you're enjoying those.
1:09.8	We're also part of the Evergreen Podcast Company. Hope you'll support our sponsors, like Quince, Q-U-I-N-C-E, that I got this sweatshre from, as a matter of fact. So let's get that we've done some episodes on this case, but let's give the basic background before we bring in the law professor.
1:28.9	Okay, so we're going to start with this when it happened.
1:31.4	September 9th, 2023, Scott Spivey was shot to death in rural Ory County, South Carolina,
1:37.5	following a road rage incident involving Weldon Boyd and Bradley Williams.
1:41.6	Boyd and Williams both admit to shooting Spivey, but have claimed self-defense
1:46.0	under the South Carolina standard ground laws. Now, what happened leading up to the shooting,
1:51.0	Eden? So after hours of drinking at Broadway, Billy's in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,
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