Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard wants to stay out of prison. That decision is now in the hands of the Alabama Supreme Court. Tuesday justices, heard oral arguments in Hubbard’s appeal. Hubbard was convicted of ethics violations three years ago. A jury in Lee County found him guilty of using his office as House Speaker for personal gain for…
Mike Hubbard and wife Susan Hubbard walk to the Lee County Justice Center for day three of trial on Thursday, May 26, 2016 in Opelika, Ala. Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News/Pool PhotoThe Alabama Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday morning in former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s appeal of his conviction on ethics charges. The prominent Republican was convicted in…
The Alabama Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next month in former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s appeal of his ethics conviction. The court said oral arguments will be held June 4. Hubbard was one of the state’s most influential Republicans, but his political career ended with his 2016 conviction on ethics charges. The allegations included that he improperly asked lobbyists…
The Alabama Supreme Court will review former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics conviction. Defense attorney Bill Baxley said Monday that the Supreme Court granted review on one matter that he considered the “catch-all issue” in the case. Baxley said that was whether the law is clear and if Hubbard’s behavior constituted a violation. Hubbard was one of the state’s most…
Brad Mendheim will remain on the Alabama Supreme Court, despite his defeat at the polls earlier this year. Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed him to fill the vacancy that will be created when Justice Tom Parker becomes Chief Justice in January. Ivey first appointed Mendheim this past January when Justice Glenn Murdock retired. But Mendheim lost to Mobile circuit judge…
Aaron Cody SmithThe Alabama Supreme Court is refusing to make a black judge quit the case of a white police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black man. The justices without comment Friday turned down a request from officer Aaron Cody Smith of the Montgomery Police Department. Smith is charged in the shooting death two years…
Justice Glenn Murdock is stepping down from the Alabama Supreme Court. Murdoch announced his resignation Thursday in a letter to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey. Murdock said his resignation will be effective on Jan. 16. The retiring associate justice wrote in his letter to Ivey that he wanted to “explore other professional opportunities and other ways in which I might be…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ahsaa.com) — The second-round Class 2A football playoff game between Elba and Samson postponed last Friday will be played tonight at 7:30 p.m., after the Alabama State Supreme Court ruled Monday on two conflicting Alabama Judicial Court rulings issued last Thursday. The Supreme Court upheld the AHSAA Executive Director’s ruling. On Thursday, Nov. 10 at 11:42 a.m., the…
Suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore walked out of the state courthouse after the acting chief justice refused to halt the lottery to pick the judges that will hear his appeal. The names of 50 retired judges were drawn in a lottery Thursday as potential members of the special Supreme Court for Moore’s appeal. The first seven willing judges will hear…
The Rev. Jay Cooper quickly lists some the things Lyn Stuart does for First United Methodist Church of Bay Minette. Among them: teaching Sunday school, singing in the choir and cooking three out of four Wednesday night suppers. Stuart’s elevation as the state’s acting chief justice, Cooper said, hasn’t cost her a step. “I don’t know when she sleeps,” Cooper…
