COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Alex Murdaugh , the ex-lawyer convicted of double murder whose trial made national and international headlines and spawned documentaries and TV movies.

The docket for the Supreme Court shows Murdaugh has a hearing set for February 11, 2026, in front of the justices for oral arguments related to his murder convictions.

A jury handed back guilty verdicts in March 2023 against murder on charges that he killed his wife, Maggie, and their adult son, Paul, at the family's estate in Colleton County in June of 2021. Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman then gave Murdaugh two life sentences in prison, which he's currently serving at a state prison.

Murdaugh, however, has always maintained his innocence.

In their appeal,

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