Cross of Murdaugh Defense Crime Scene Reconstruction

Things got heated during the cross-examination of the Murdaugh defense crime scene reconstructionist Mike Sutton. He was questioned by the state about the accuracy of his version of the crime scene.
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What do YOU think? ⚖👇 MORE HERE: www.courttv.com/trending/alex-murdaugh-family-murders/?

[@knowledgeincrease3326]

If Alex didn't do it then who else could it possibly be ?? Whats the defense theories besides saying there was a rush to judgment

[@kimberlybarnes7082]

I know. ALex killed wife son

[@ritaeichler2066]

​@@kimberlybarnes7082 where u there?

[@ritaeichler2066]

​@@knowledgeincrease3326 defense doesnt need to prove anything...prosecution does. Not knowing who else would do it is not proof of his guilt.

[@knowledgeincrease3326]

@@ritaeichler2066 I know this already.....it was a comment for conversation sake only. DUHHH...

[@darcymoon2109]

This guy is laughable. So a brick tossed out a car window overhand would go the same distance as a phone? Or a baseball? Or a piece of gum? Ok.

[@Pr3ttyGiirlALWAYS]

Exactly he makes no sense 🥴

[@st3218]

Part of my property runs along a 55mph road. People like to deposit trash from the vehicles. Typical paper product trash -- cups, bags full of fastfood discards, sauce packets and other trash land in the first 2-5ft. Metal and glass bottles make it a bit further (4-8ft). I need this guy's "science" brought to my area, imagine how much less time I'd spend cleaning my lawn before mowing?!?!?!?! 800ft road frontage x 6ft could easily be cut in half, maybe even a third!!!!!

[@stonehengeconstructioncc1705]

Really, how on earth does an engineer believe that drag/resistance and the weight of an object thrown out of a moving object does not matter in distance/speed analysis? Is he implying that a tissue paper thrown out of a moving car would have the same travel and landing characteristics as a smartphone thrown out of the same car? and that such characteristics would not be affected by whether that car was travelling at 40 or 100 mph? Does Mr Sutton even understand basic physics?🤔🤔🤔

[@taraqueen58]

That's what I was thinking ...its basic physics equation

[@ghostwalk2446]

He doesn't even believe a human body can change the trajectory of a moving bullet, he clearly knows nothing about physics whatsoever

[@stonehengeconstructioncc1705]

Apparently he doesn't even believe that a tall person can simply lower his arm and point the gun downwards to shoot at something below his hip level??? I suppose small game is not meant for tall hunters right?🤭

[@darcymoon2109]

Seriously, some of his ideas belied plain old common sense.

[@suzintex]

And it doesn't matter if Tom Brady or a three year old threw it. 🙄

[@Grooveriff]

Well, if you're paying for this lawyer $350 by the hour: you're over paying. He's obviously not prepared.

[@raindogs451]

$350?! Maybe the paralegal.

[@Isogotit]

Agree….they didn’t get their money’s worth.

[@ghostwalk2446]

Seriously? A 40 minute video only to abruptly cut off before the end, why?

[@Rnnurse2023]

Did he know how many feet that tree had grown in 18 months ?

[@j.taylor3670]

The defense expert on cellphones from Charlotte just said he worked free for the "indigenous services". " Indigent" maybe?

[@helenareyes6084]

Terrible! I felt sorry for him, shame! He should consider stop doing this. It went terrible!!!!

[@apt7prod]

So he was originally retained for the boat case. Guarantee he wouldve said "theres no way paul couldve been driving that boat because according to these green lines the driver had to be 5'2"

[@kimma508]

😂

[@suzintex]

Is that an oversized suit jacket or a special "pretend" engineering expert jacket that man is wearing?

[@mikeedwards2621]

Hahaha…great observation!

[@tacticalyoda8070]

"Let's call it 2 decibels" isn't a scientific statement

[@angeliquebelluomini7797]

A reconstruction using a 6’4 person shooting from a similar golf cart would’ve been useful

[@holleyb7861]

He was terrible, not listening to prosector just getting his laptop

[@geebee3256]

Do you know why sharks don’t eat lawyers who swim in the ocean?? Professional courtesy.

[@claudeabrown7746]

Mass does matter in wind speed

[@davemojarra2666]

Hired gun.

[@ashleym9253]

Why is this video cut off? Where is the rest of his cross exam?

[@Isogotit]

The defense witnesses are a joke!

[@janeferguson4455]

I didn't go to law school and I can see the grounds for objection of the end of the questioning of the this elderly man about crime scene documentation. Alex's attorney "testifies" when he asks for clarification of objections. He has done this frequently throughout the trial. I am SO sick of him and his tactics which would not "float" in courts in other states !!!

[@barbmurray8557]

Darrell brooks did the same

[@mariella2884]

I have never seen a case run like this. Kill me before I ever need to be part of a South Carolina trial, completely improper through and through. These "good ol boys" give me the ick.

[@dar44445]

This guy doesn't know yahoo about Jack Squat, pertaining to this case... especially if he does "civil litigation"

[@savagebyotch8791]

Is he making a hypothetical guess at this or is he actually certified at anything pertaining to a murder investigation??

[@dar44445]

Jim called him, ... they're trying to help each other out. Good ole Boy system.🤓

[@darcymoon2109]

This guy is useless.

[@handover6109]

This witness was a disgrace. He wasn't at all credible and he wouldn't answer a question without trying to "sway the jury." He was also ridiculous when he tried to convince us that the shooter was 5'2"...pygmy murderer🙄

[@carlathomas6257]

A person can be crouched,sitting in a golf cart or atv, shooting from the hip... all those would change the angle,etc..

[@urbanbatfitters]

Average US female height is 5’4”, average male, 5’7”…. Using slurs and insults isn’t helpful.

[@deadmanswife3625]

28:00 This guy has actually been to Moselle twice. says its 180 feet from the house to the Kennels. Absolutely no common sense. He had to read the exhibit and then had to fumble after you got it wrong

[@artv8736]

How does it not occur to any of these idiots that THE SHOOTER WAS KNEELING??! That should have been the first thing the prosecutors asked during cross! "WOULDN'T ALEX BE THE PERFECT HEIGHT IF HE WERE KNEELING??!" The so-called expert quack even mentions laying down would be unlikely because of the distance it would move it to, but he deliberately avoids the kneeling consideration because he knows that would perfectly suggest Alex! I can't believe the prosecutors dropped the ball on this.

[@straightupnews2965]

Shirt not even tucked in. Lol 😂

[@ScoobyDoozy]

Standard engineer. They’ve got big messy scientist energy 😂 mad geniuses

[@Sunn777]

@@ScoobyDoozycrazy scientist, lol….

[@Sunn777]

It did.

[@agentlesoul8452]

​@@ScoobyDoozy Yep.🤣 Just an all around messy mess. Jacket too tight, tie crooked, messy.

[@j.taylor3670]

The young state's attorney did a good job with the tape measure but he needs to slow down and he should have brought up the possibility that the shooter was sitting in an ATV or golf cart and compared that to Alex Murray this measurements. By contrast, the old guy crossing the Connecticut crime scene expert is too slow, too blustery with all the walking and I am surprised that the state used him for this. Is he their boss? He needs to retire.

[@j.taylor3670]

There's an older man with longish white hair who sits halfway back on the state side, but is clearly on Murdaughs side based on his reactions and looking at his watch when the state struggles to find a paper, smirking at the state's questions, etc. Is he Murdaughs Appellate lawyer? He's making notes and he's there every minute of every day.

[@80ladyjay78]

I noticed that too

[@flightwife1828]

From what I understand he's actually working on another case against Alex. If we're talking about the same man. He's been there every single day taking notes to help with his case for his clients.

[@suzieflowers5696]

There is white haired man on the prosecution side he’s a journalist on a new show I’ve seen

[@SS11660]

He is Conner cooks 'attorney for the boat accident lawsuit.

[@betsyh403]

Yeah Joe McCulloch Connor cooks attorney. On murdaugh s dude the longer white hair gentlemen is Charlie Condan former attorney general

[@angeliquebelluomini7797]

I hope this prosecutor can get a bit more polished in the future.

[@knowledgeincrease3326]

I think Alex will take the stand and testify based on his ability as a lawyer to control his answers to the prosecution questions. Also the prosecution team is not that strong and Alex believes he has the upper hand. He knows his defense team are better.

[@Phaedrus5015]

He will get absolutely roasted by Waters. AM is an idiot if he takes the stand, unless, of course, he and his team think that testifying is his only chance of avoiding conviction.

[@janeferguson4455]

I WILL tell you that the attorneys that I have seen testify on Anything in a deposition or in a court have been HORRIBLE witnesses ! I am not a lawyer so I am unable to explain why. I personally saw it with my brother. He was deposed before I was. Our attorney rated my deposition as an A+ and the brother attorney was rated as a B- ! OH, we Did prevail in the lawsuit ! Actually, my testimony was cited as one of the make or break testimonies by the opposing lawyers.

[@knowledgeincrease3326]

@@janeferguson4455 horrible like Alex's former law partner today lol I think his answers were way too long when being crossed examined by the prosecution .

[@ndg8602]

Not sure about that. No one has talked about his tremendous skills in the courtroom. According to The Daily Beast, colleagues who know Murdaugh and spoke at his trial do not paint a picture of a man who is as hardworking or knowledgeable in the law as his pedigree and reputation suggest - but rather, a man with good people skills who was able to charm his way out of doing the harder parts of his job. "Two of them described Murdaugh as a loud and 'frenetic' lawyer who kept different hours than everyone else - and was able to keep a 'good clientele' roster because he had the 'gift of the gab,'" reported Pilar Melendez. "'He was successful not from his work ethic, but his ability to establish relationships and to manipulate people into settlements and clients into liking him,' Jeanne Seckinger, the firm’s chief financial officer, testified on Tuesday. 'The art of bullsh*t, basically.' Ronnie Crosby, another former law partner who has known Murdaugh for over two decades, simply told the jury that Murdaugh 'wasn’t a real student of the law.'"

[@annechris2677]

Yes but He will be released because of some jury's. Except 1 lie nothing else can prove

[@j.taylor3670]

*Murdaugh's measurements

[@guidododo4822]

Mr. Harpootlian did a GREAT job in stopping the prosecutor from interrupting the witness. Jurors do not like it when the attorneys are rude to witnesses. He just sounded nasty and condescending throughout his questioning!!!

[@Virus-xm7qc]

Great point

[@katemacdonald9602]

SC is pretty cozy.

[@annechris2677]

Is it? Heard it's still pretty racist in Chester.

[@tacticalyoda8070]

I don't submit papers on what makes whales horny... Because I have no effing idea what makes whales horny. If you offered me enough money, I *MIGHT be tempted to do some testing on teh subject and testify...

[@beverlybmwwilkerson5923]

MAGGIE SAW ALEX SHOOT PAUL, SO SHE TOOK OFF RUNNING 🏃‍♀️ ALEX SHOT HER FROM THE ⛳ 🏌️‍♀️ CART BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG WITH THE BLACKOUT 🤬 G U I L T Y AF

[@thekidd339]

Maybe so...the important question is why

[@guidododo4822]

Mike Sutton (👍)was uber calm and professional answering the prosecutor's questions. The prosecutor is so disrespecful and nasty by talking down to the witness.

[@PosthumousAddress]

Okay Buster, whatever you say

[@jeniferhermann909]

Nope, the prosecutor did a fantastic job. ...Sutton was doing this to make extra money, he clearly did not get it correct....wasn't a 5 foot 2 person or what have you, it was AM on the golf cart.

[@guidododo4822]

@@PosthumousAddress thanks, buddy.

[@guidododo4822]

@@jeniferhermann909 nope.

[@gagagoose2878]

I don’t think acting like a jerk is helpful to the prosecution

[@bossladycitagarcia4147]

I'm sooo fup over this here I don't n what to think frfr I jus 🙏🏾Who ever done this to the Mother & son needs to Go to hell I mean Prison for life!!!!!!!💯🥂

[@thekidd339]

Pretty obvious that Alex murdaugh murdered his wife and son. Messed up situation buy opioid addiction and serious money issues make people do terrible things

[@artadams424]

He’s asking questions with variable answers and doesn’t like the variable answers he is receiving ! Like a two years old repeating “why”, “why”, “why”…

[@annechris2677]

Useless prosecutions

[@andrewhunt6082]

....I think AM did it - but I also think there is no evidence to support that opinion ~

[@SS11660]

How about the video of him being with Maggie and Paul at kennel a t time of murder? And he lied about being there. If hes innocent, why all his lies?

[@st3218]

​@@SS11660 In the future (2/23) he even lies about lying and lies some more and even has more lies to reconcile his newest lies! 😭

[@ritaeichler2066]

Prosecutor questions are cutting off this witness who needs to look at his notes to answer insisting he should only look at the graph ! & the judge is allowing it! I never saw that a witness is not given the right to look at his notes! Its so clear that the judge is pro.prosecutor with all his rulings. These are all going be valid basis for an appeal.

[@brunabobadilha1399]

Witnesses are not allowed to read during testimony, they can only refresh their recollection

[@brunabobadilha1399]

If you don’t know anything about criminal procedure then you shouldn’t comment

[@susangigney3471]

The laptop is not in evidence is it?

[@irisramsey62]

Who is the guy doing the questioning?? I missed this one! Thanks!