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Why Do The “Rules” Keep Changing Around Alex Murdaugh’s New Trial?
Former Chief Justice Jean Toal sat individual jurors down and asked them whether Becky Hill's comments changed their votes. The South Carolina Supreme Court said she had no right to do that. Rule 606(b) protects the privacy of jury deliberations — you can ask whether external contact happened, but you cannot ask jurors how they voted or why. Toal crossed that line, and the Supreme Court corrected it by overruling one of its own prior decisions that had allowed broader inquiry.Defense attorney Eric Faddis walks through the legal mechanics of the reversal with Tony Brueski. The court adopted…
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