CHARLESTON, S.C. — Attorneys for former S.C. lawyer and convicted killer, Alex Murdaugh, filed an appeal of his murder convictions with the South Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday.

The 56-year-old was convicted on March 2, 2023, in the 2021 killings of his wife, Maggie and their adult-son, Paul. He is currently serving two life sentences.

The 121-page filing argues there were multiple errors during Murdaugh’s trial that swayed the jury in the case. It goes on to reference a hearing in January where one juror testified that former Colleton County Clerk of Court, Becky Hill, affected her verdict because she made comments that “made it seem like he [Murdaugh] was already guilty.”

Murdaugh’s lawyers argue Hill’s comments constitute jury tampering and that the court should now, “prove what the verdict would have been but for that tampering.”

The attorneys also argue the court should not have allowed the introduction of evidence involving “extensive financial schemes that had not even been suspected at the time of the murders”, arguing it presented Murdaugh as morally corrupt.

It is unclear when the high court will decide whether to hear the case.

However even if the appeal is granted, Murdaugh is still facing 40 years after admitting he stole $12 million from his law firm and from settlements involving wrongful death and serious injury lawsuits.