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===Guilty on twelve counts===

===Guilty on twelve counts===

After seven hours of deliberations on June 10, 2016, the jury found Hubbard guilty on twelve of the twenty-three charges. He was taken into custody but released on a $160,000 bond. On July 8, 2016, he was sentenced to "four years in prison, eight years on probation and ordered to pay a $210,000 fine on the twelve felony ethics violations."<ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Cason|title=Former Alabama speaker Mike Hubbard sentenced to 4 years in prison |url=http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/07/former_alabama_speaker_mike_hu.html |date=July 8, 2016 |accessdate=November 3, 2016 |publisher=AL.com}}</ref> Then on August 5, Hubbard filed a motion seeking either acquittal, or dismissal of the charges, or a new trial. Hubbard claims that  "the state presented faulty expert testimony about the ethics law."<ref>{{cite web|url=url=http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/08/former_alabama_speaker_mike_hu_1.html|author=

After seven hours of deliberations on June 10, 2016, the jury found Hubbard guilty on twelve of the twenty-three charges. He was taken into custody but released on a $160,000 bond. On July 8, 2016, he was sentenced to "four years in prison, eight years on probation and ordered to pay a $210,000 fine on the twelve felony ethics violations."<ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Cason|title=Former Alabama speaker Mike Hubbard sentenced to 4 years in prison |url=http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/07/former_alabama_speaker_mike_hu.html |date=July 8, 2016 |accessdate=November 3, 2016 |publisher=AL.com}}</ref> Then on August 5, Hubbard filed a motion seeking either acquittal, or dismissal of the charges, or a new trial. Hubbard claims that  "the state presented faulty expert testimony about the ethics law."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/08/former_alabama_speaker_mike_hu_1.html|author=

Mike Cason|title=Former Alabama Speaker Mike Hubbard seeks new trial|publisher=AL.com|date=August 7, 2016 |accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref>

Mike Cason|title=Former Alabama Speaker Mike Hubbard seeks new trial|publisher=AL.com|date=August 7, 2016 |accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref>

Hubbard filed a request to have the state investigate possible misconduct by the jurors who convicted him. On September 2, 2016, Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker denied that request. The state proposed that Hubbard pay  $1,125,000 in restitution,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alreporter.com/tag/rep-greg-wren/|title=States Seeks Restitution from Disgraced Speaker Hubbard|publisher=Alreporter.com|date=August 8, 2016|author=Bill Britt|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref> but Judge Walker denied the requst, and Hubbard remained free on bond.<ref name=bond>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/09/judge_denies_mike_hubbard_requ.html|author=Mike Cason|title=Judge denies Mike Hubbard request for sheriff's investigation of jurors|publisher=AL.com|date=September 2, 2016|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref>

Hubbard filed a request to have the state investigate possible misconduct by the jurors who convicted him. On September 2, 2016, Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob Walker denied that request. The state proposed that Hubbard pay  $1,125,000 in restitution,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alreporter.com/tag/rep-greg-wren/|title=States Seeks Restitution from Disgraced Speaker Hubbard|publisher=Alreporter.com|date=August 8, 2016|author=Bill Britt|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref> but Judge Walker denied the requst, and Hubbard remained free on bond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/09/judge_denies_mike_hubbard_requ.html|author=Mike Cason|title=Judge denies Mike Hubbard request for sheriff's investigation of jurors|publisher=AL.com|date=September 2, 2016|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}</ref>

===Still free on bond===

===Still free on bond===