The South Carolina Supreme Court’s chief justice reassigned a Columbia judge to oversee a swath of charges accusing Alex Murdaugh of financial crimes — the latest unexplained judicial switch from the court.
On Wednesday, Chief Justice Donald Beatty backtracked on a previous order assigning a Greenville judge to oversee 21 indicted charges brought by the state grand jury against suspended lawyer Murdaugh in December.
Now, Judge Clifton Newman will oversee those cases, according to the order.
