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Curtis "Eddie" Smith

Alex Murdaugh associate implicated in the September 2021 roadside-shooting arrangement and related financial transactions.

Mentioned2023 Murder Trial
18 proceedings·18 mentions

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Financial evidence traced payments under variations of Curtis "Eddie" Smith's name, while separate testimony addressed Smith's part in Alex Murdaugh's September 2021 roadside shooting.

Smith also became part of the dispute over whether investigators had adequately pursued alternatives. Ryan Kelly described the investigation and efforts to test Murdaugh's account, while testifying that investigators had no evidence connecting Smith to the Moselle killings. Murdaugh later admitted asking Smith to shoot him and described the arrangement as an effort to end his own life.

Trial Record (18)

20232023 Murder TrialJan 23, 2023 – Mar 3, 2023

Curtis "Eddie" Smith figured in financial tracing and testimony about Alex Murdaugh's September 2021 roadside-shooting arrangement. Investigators examined his connection to that incident, but Ryan Kelly testified that they had no evidence linking Smith to the Moselle killings.

Jury Selection Day 1

jury selectionJury Voir Dire - Panel ThreeMentioned

Summary

Panel Three disclosed extensive publicity exposure, community and witness ties, hardships, and qualification issues; the court excused several prospective jurors and returned Juror 705 to the pool after individual questioning.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

Jury Selection Day 2

jury selectionJury Voir Dire - Panel FourMentioned

Summary

Panel Four voir dire examined widespread publicity, fixed opinions, and local ties to the Murdaugh family, law enforcement, and potential witnesses. The court excused jurors who could not be impartial, retained others after individual inquiry, and ended with 122 qualified jurors for an 80-person strike sheet.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

Day 10

Day 15

CrossMatthew Wild - CrossMatthew WildPhillip D. BarberMentioned

Summary

Matthew Wild identified limits in the Verizon maps, including missing text-message location data, unrecorded tower handoffs, no relevant GPS data for Maggie or Alex, and no phone-movement comparison. He also clarified the 911 timestamp difference, the report's June 15 endpoint, and the limited scope of his confirmed third-party phone review.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

Day 16

Day 17

CrossCarson Burney - CrossCarson BurneyJim GriffinMentioned

Summary

The defense narrowed Carson Burney's June 7 analysis to liquid assets and outstanding loans, while Burney maintained that borrowing was needed to repay the Chris Wilson fees and traced about $500,000 of the reviewed $792,000 to Curtis Eddie Smith.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

ProceduralRoadside-Shooting Motion in LimineMentioned

Summary

The State argued that Murdaugh's false unknown-assailant account after the roadside shooting was connected to the financial confrontation and intended to suggest the killers had returned; the defense challenged its relevance and admissibility, and the court deferred ruling until the next morning.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

Day 18

ProceduralRoadside-Shooting Evidence RulingMentioned

Summary

Judge Newman excluded the proposed roadside-shooting evidence at that time, finding insufficient logical relevance and an unacceptable risk of violent-propensity prejudice.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

Day 19

ProceduralRoadside-Shooting Evidence ArgumentMentioned

Summary

The court reaffirmed that the defense had opened the door to limited roadside-shooting evidence, after which counsel agreed on an abbreviated presentation while preserving the defense's objection.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

Day 20

Day 23

Day 24

RedirectAlex Murdaugh - RedirectAlex MurdaughJim GriffinMentioned

Summary

Griffin sought to rehabilitate Alex Murdaugh through addiction, family-health, and device-timeline evidence. Murdaugh admitted repeated lies and the roadside fabrication, denied possessing Maggie's phone, distinguished mistaken times from deliberate deception, and again denied hurting Maggie or Paul.

Mentioned in this proceeding.

Day 28