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.