Last week, questions during oral arguments before the Alabama Supreme Court for the appeal of former State House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics conviction drew the attention Alabama media elite.

Some were concerned that the line of questioning from the justices was a sign that Hubbard could “walk.”

However, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall cautioned against reading too much into the questioning. During an interview with Alabama Public Television “Capitol Journal” host Don Dailey, Marshall said those questions were not necessarily significant.

“It may grab headlines,” Marshall said. “That doesn’t necessarily mean it is significant. You know, I’ve been trying cases for an awful long time. One of the things is in courtrooms, juries ask questions. And we’ve learned not to read too much into what those jury questions are as it relates to the result. This is simply courts trying to probe the issues that have already been briefed by the parties. There were no questions that we didn’t anticipate. And again, we gave very specific answers in which we believe not only [Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob] Walker ruled correctly on the law, but that jury was correct in the verdict that they reached.”

@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University, the editor of Breitbart TV and host of “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN in Huntsville.