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The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office has officially submitted its response to Alex Murdaugh’s appeal challenging his convictions for the murders of his wife and son.

In a 182-page brief filed before the Aug. 8 deadline, Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office dismantles Murdaugh’s December appeal, which claims that Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill swayed jurors to boost sales of her forthcoming book.

The filing is the State’s first full rebuttal to Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial.

In the filing, obtained by Greenville News, prosecutors argued that the jury found Murdaugh guilty based on the “overwhelming” evidence, not because of Hill’s brief and “foolish” comments about his testimony.

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