Cory Fleming

Ex-attorney Fleming appeals 10-year sentence for helping Alex Murdaugh steal

By Thad Moore

The Post And Courier

Cory Fleming, the former Beaufort attorney who admitted conspiring with Alex Murdaugh to steal from clients, is appealing the 10-year sentence a state judge imposed after he pleaded guilty to a host of financial crimes.

In a Sept. 25 filing summarizing the arguments they plan to make, Fleming’s lawyers contended that Judge Clifton Newman’s sentence was excessive and influenced by bias stemming from Murdaugh’s notoriety.

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