From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Wilcox County commissioner has been arrested and charged with second degree forgery. And now he’s defending himself — in a court of law. Commissioner Quarre Calhoun is accused in the case. And a preliminary hearing is set for next week. District Attorney Michael Jackson says if the judge hearing the case against Calhoun —…
Graphic from Auburn University One of the attorneys representing Johnston Taylor, the teen charged with the death of Auburn announcer, Rod Bramblett and his wife Paula, has filed a motion for the judge in the trial to recuse himself. Taylor’s attorney, Tommy Spina, filed the motion on August 10. Spina stated in the motion that the reasoning is “based on…
The Alabama Senate has approved a bill that would do away with the requirement for probate judges to sign marriage licenses. The bill comes as a few probate judges in the state continue to refuse to issue marriage licenses to anyone so they do not have to give them to gay couples. Senators voted 22-6 for the bill Tuesday. The…
The Latest on the legal fight over the released of the 911 calls from the Pulse nightclub shooting (all times local): 5:15 p.m. A judge has cleared the way for the release of many of the hundreds of 911 calls related to a mass shooting at a gay Florida nightclub. Circuit Judge Margaret Schreiber on Monday dismissed a lawsuit from…
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…
Courtesy of tallapoosaprobate.com/judge DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama judge is suspended after being accused of sending sexual messages to a woman he met when she went to his office to wed another man. State judicial investigators filed administrative charges against Tallapoosa County Probate Judge Leon Archer on Wednesday. The complaint says Archer met a woman in 2013 when she…
Judge Johnny Hardwick had a busy day of sentencing today as he handed out life sentences to three people today. District Attorney Daryl Bailey announces that 26-year old Marquis Cheatham of Montgomery and 24 year old Dominque Atkinson of Wilmington, NC were sentenced to Life in prison today by Judge Hardwick. Both Cheatham and Atkinson were convicted earlier this year for…
An Alabama probate judge has sealed the will of author Harper Lee from public view. Court records available Monday showed Monroe County Probate Judge Greg Norris signed the order a week ago. Lawyers for Lee’s personal representative and attorney, Tonja Carter, asked Norris to seal the will the same day. The request from Carter cited the writer’s longtime desire for…
Andre Harrison will not be on the ballot in the March 1 republican primary. A circuit court judge made the ruling this afternoon citing Harrison did not file the required paperwork to have his name listed.
