ON ESPN. >> AND ALEC MURDOCH IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO A POSSIBLE RETRIAL. SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT SAYS IT WILL HEAR MURDOCH'S APPEAL ABOUT ALLEGED JURY TAMPERING WHILE HE STOOD TRIAL FOR KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON. EVA PILGRIM HAS THE LATEST EVA THIS MORNING AND A SURPRISE RULING THE SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT AGREEING TO HEAR ALEC MURDOCH'S JURY APPEAL IN A JULY FILING. MURDOCH'S LAWYERS ARGUING TO THE SUPREME COURT. COMMON SENSE SAYS THAT WHEN AN ELECTED STATE OFFICIAL GOES INTO THE JURY DURING A MURDER TRIAL TO ADVOCATE FOR A GUILTY VERDICT BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO MAKE MONEY SELLING BOOKS ABOUT THE GUILTY VERDICT, THE RESULT SHOULD BE A MISTRIAL. THIS DECISION NOW OVERTURNING A JANUARY HEARING WHERE FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE JEAN TOLD DENIED MURDOCH A NEW TRIAL AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF JURY TAMPERING BY COURT CLERK BECKY HILL. THE SUPREME COURT WILL NOW CONSIDER MURDOCH SHOULD BE GRANTED A NEW TRIAL. PREVIOUSLY, THREE OF THE 12 JURORS SAYINCOURT CLERK BECKY HILL TALKED ABOUT WITH THEM. IT WAS HILL THAT READ THE GUILTY VERDICT AT MURDOCH'S TRIAL SIX MONTHS LATER, WRITING A BOOK ABOUT IT ALL. SHE IS FACING 76 COUNTS OF MISCONDUCT WITH CONNECTION, IMPROPERLY SEEKING FINANCIAL GAIN, AND WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE STATE COMMISSION IN DECEMBER. HILL DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. MURDOCH, MEANWHILE, IS SERVING LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IN STATE PRISON AFTER A JURY FOUND HIM