onal and not turn the trial into a circus after a flurry of motions with barbed comments like  facts matter  and  glad to hear it. 

 Y'all need to stop this, OK?  McCaslin told the lawyers at Friday's hearing.  I don't want this tit for tat between y'all. Y'all are lawyers - you're professionals. This is a court. This isn't a sound bite. 

Murdaugh prepares for another trial after clerk's misconduct

Murdaugh is currently serving a lengthy prison sentence after pleading guilty to stealing from clients. He wore a suit in court on Friday because the judge ruled that wearing his prison jumpsuit during pretrial hearings could influence future jurors into thinking he's guilty.

Prosecutors said he killed his wife and son because his law firm was close to discovering that he was stealing money, and Murdaugh thought the sympathy generated by the killings would buy him time to fix things.

The judge has moved the trial to another county, saying extensive publicity surrounding the case in Murdaugh's home county could prevent a fair retrial.

Defense wants to know if prosecutors think someone else was at the scene

Nothing was said Friday about the most intriguing dispute of all.

Defense lawyers want to know whether prosecutors have called a grand jury to investigate a police officer who was friends with Murdaugh. Defense attorneys said that prosecutors suggested the officer arrived at Murdaugh's home before other law enforcement officers and could have helped him hide bloody clothes or weapons. Neither clothing nor the guns have been found.

Murdaugh's lawyers said the evidence is critical because prosecutors argued during his first trial that he acted alone. Prosecutors said no one else was at the home between the killings and Murdaugh's return from visiting his mother, when he called 911 to report the shootings.

The defense says another person's involvement would cast doubt on testimony from witnesses who said at Murdaugh's first murder trial that he acted alone. Murdaugh's lawyers also demanded any evidence prosecutors have of possible accomplices or a grand jury investigation into them.

In response, prosecutors declined to say whether any evidence exists, citing legal restrictions on disclosing whether a grand jury is meeting. Because of that, the motion was not argued Friday.