Currently, people in 26 of Alabama’s 67 counties are considered at “very high risk” for COVID-19 exposure.
Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, who is facing a four-year-prison sentence for an ethics conviction, has been moved to Kilby Correctional Facility. Alabama Department of Corrections records show Hubbard is being held in the medical infirmary of Kilby Correctional Facility. Samantha Rose, a spokeswoman for the Alabama Department of Corrections, said Hubbard was taken into prison custody Wednesday. She…
Mike Hubbard takes the stand Alabama Speaker Mike Hubbard Trial on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 in Opelika, Ala. Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News/PoolThe Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals will not reverse its decision upholding the ethics conviction of former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard. The court on Friday denied Hubbard’s request for a rehearing. The court last month had affirmed…
Lawyers for former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard say his ethics conviction is “legally baseless” and prosecutors stretched the bounds of the state law to bring charges against him. Hubbard’s lawyers filed the appeal Wednesday in the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. They are seeking to overturn his 2016 conviction on ethics charges. Hubbard was convicted of wrongly accepting investments,…
Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard has lost his bid for a new trial on ethics charges. Defense lawyer Bill Baxley said Thursday that he is now focused on preparing Hubbard’s appeal. Hubbard had requested a new trial arguing that prosecutors stretched the intent of the state ethics law, allowed improper expert witness testimony and there was evidence of juror…
A judge is refusing a request by former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard to have a sheriff investigate whether there was juror misconduct at his ethics trial. But Judge Jacob Walker said Friday he is open to taking testimony from a juror who says another juror made biased remarks. Hubbard is seeking a new trial after being convicted on 12…
A judge has scheduled a September hearing on motions filed in former House Speaker Mike Hubbard ethics case as Hubbard seeks to overturn his criminal conviction. Circuit Judge Jacob Waller on Thursday scheduled a Sept. 2 hearing on post-trial motions filed in the case. The judge did not elaborate. A jury convicted Hubbard on 12 state ethics law violations. He…
Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard is seeking a new trial, saying that prosecutors stretched the intent of the state ethics law when securing convictions against him. Attorneys for Hubbard filed the request Monday asking a judge to reverse Hubbard’s conviction or grant a new trial. A jury in June convicted Hubbard on 12 felony ethics charges. Prosecutors accused him…
Four Republicans are running for former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s legislative seat. The Alabama Republican Party announced Friday that Jay Conner, Joe Lovvorn, Brett Smith and Sandy Toomer had qualified to run for the Lee County House seat. No Democrats are running for the legislative district. Hubbard was removed from office in June after a jury convicted him of 12…
Most of the day consisted of character witnesses on behalf of Hubbard. In addition to Hubbard’s pastor and some close friends, U.S. Representative Mike Rogers also took up for the former speaker. However, in the end, the judge sentenced Hubbard to 4 years in prison and 8 years on probation. Political analyst Steve Flowers says he expected it. “I wasn’t…
