Hubbard asks Alabama Supreme Court to toss ethics conviction

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March 27, 2019

Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard is asking the state Supreme Court to toss out his 2016 conviction on ethics charges.

In a brief filed this week, Hubbard’s attorneys argued he did not commit a violation and that prosecutors stretched the intent of the ethics law when they brought charges against him.

A jury convicted Hubbard of multiple ethics violations, including that he improperly asked company executives for work and investments in his businesses.

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed 11 of the 12 counts. The Alabama Supreme Court this month agreed to hear Hubbard’s appeal.

The state attorney general has said he is confident the conviction will be upheld.

Hubbard was sentenced to four years in prison, but he is free on bond as he appeals.

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