SC prosecutors ask the state Supreme Court to unseal secret transcripts tied to the removal of Alex Murdaugh's 'egg juror' ahead of his new trial.
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Defense attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin celebrate the unanimous decision, revealing Murdaugh's surprise and relief. They highlight the former court clerk's alleged perjury and lobbying of the jury, which they claim invalidated the original verdict, questioning the prosecution's evidence and motive.
Attorney General’s Office is asking the state Supreme Court to unseal secret court transcripts tied to the removal of Alex Murdaugh’s"egg juror," arguing the records should be made public now that the disgraced legal scion has been granted a new murder trial. In a motion filed Thursday, prosecutors asked the high court to retract the state’s previous objection and lift restrictions for the on-camera hearing transcript that led to the dismissal of Juror 785, identified in prior filings as Myra Crosby, before deliberations in Murdaugh’s 2023 double-murder trial.
The motion marks the latest twist in the fallout from the once-powerful South Carolina attorney’s overturned convictions for the June 2021 killings of his wife, Maggie, and their younger son, Paul, at the family’s sprawling Moselle hunting estate. Myra Crosby earned the nickname"Egg Juror" after asking a judge if she could retrieve her dozen eggs and purse before being dismissed from a case, prompting laughter in the courtroom.
Crosby became known as the"egg juror" after she was removed from the panel. As Judge Clifton Newman dismissed her from the case, Crosby asked if she could retrieve her purse and a dozen eggs that another juror had brought to court to give away, prompting laughter in the courtroom.two murder convictions on May 13 Myra Crosby, known as the Egg Juror, exits the Colleton County courthouse in Walterboro, S.C.
, on March 2, 2023, after being dismissed for misconduct from the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial by Judge Clifton Newman. According to prosecutors, the sealed transcript details a private hearing where Newman removed Crosby from the jury for allegedly discussing the case prematurely.
Those records were initially sealed and restricted under protective orders entered by Newman and later continued by retired South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Toal, who was assigned to preside over Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial after The state said those restrictions previously barred publication or dissemination of the transcript, even though attorneys for the parties and Crosby’s counsel were permitted to review the material. Crosby has continued to request that the transcripts be unsealed.
In September 2024, prosecutors objected, arguing the request was premature because the appeal had not yet been resolved. The state's Supreme Court once again denied Crosby’s request in October 2024. But prosecutors now say the posture of the case has changed dramatically.
"Here, a new trial has been granted to Appellant," the filing states. "There should be no prejudice to any party at this time.
Consequently, the scales should now tip to unsealing and removing restrictions.
"The state’s motion says the request is"not about litigation" but instead about public access to court records maintained by the state's Supreme Court. The filing asks the Supreme Court to allow the previously protected transcripts from Newman’s private proceedings"supporting the removal of Juror 785" to be filed as a supplement to the public appellate record.
Prosecutors also asked the court to declare prior restrictions on sharing, discussing or disclosing the contents of the transcript moot, which would allow the parties and Crosby to speak publicly about the matter without violating earlier court orders. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING?
FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB In that filing, Crosby argued that the public interest would be best served by transparency now that prosecutors have acknowledged the jury-tampering investigation into Hill did not result in criminal charges.interactions with jurors, deprived him of a fair trial. The defense has also alleged Crosby’s dismissal was part of a broader effort that affected the makeup of the jury before deliberations.after an evidentiary hearing, finding that although Hill made improper comments to jurors, the defense had not proven that her conduct affected the verdict.
Murdaugh, 57, remains imprisoned after pleading guilty to a series of financial crimes that exposed years of theft from clients, his former law firm and the estate of his late housekeeper.
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