Baldwin Judge Charles Partin Calls Retirement Rumors Premature
Baldwin County Circuit Judge Charles Partin, a 25-year veteran of the bench who recently presided over the Steve Nodine murder trial, said talk of his imminent retirement was at least…
Dauphin Island Seeks New Municipal Judge as Bench Vacancies Stir Legal Community
The Town of Dauphin Island opened a search for a new municipal judge, drawing a dozen applicants in a contest that offered an early glimpse at the coming competition for…
Custody Conditions, Withheld Forensics Dominate Nodine Bond Dispute Ahead of Hearing
As former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine awaited trial on a murder charge in the May 2010 shooting death of Angel Downs, attention in the case turned this week to…
Federal Defenders Withdraw From Nodine Case; Private Attorney Appointed
A conflict of interest forced the federal defenders' office to step aside from representing Stephen Nodine on a federal gun charge, and veteran Mobile attorney Gordon Armstrong was appointed in…
Judge Defers Ruling on Nodine Bond as Federal Gun Charge Takes Priority
A Baldwin County judge put off a decision on reducing Stephen Nodine's $500,000 murder bond, ruling that the question would wait until federal authorities held a detention hearing on a…
Defense Lawyers Second-Guess Nodine’s Missteps After Murder Indictment
With Steve Nodine jailed on a $500,000 bond, Mobile criminal defense attorneys, speaking anonymously, listed the choices they say a suspect should never make.
Confessions and a Discarded Theory as Letson Murder Trial Nears Its End
Jurors in the trial of Jamie Letson heard how a timeline error once pointed detectives toward a University of South Alabama campus officer, and how a 2008 interview changed the…
Nodine Lawyers to Depose County Officials as Judge’s Recusal Stirs Debate
Defense attorneys scheduled depositions of a fellow commissioner, county lawyers and a circuit judge, while a judge's 12-page recusal order drew a pointed response from Mobile's presiding judge.
Baldwin Commission Candidate Convicted of Domestic Violence, Appeals Verdict
Daniel Dyas, a candidate for the Baldwin County Commission, was convicted in Fairhope Municipal Court and sentenced to 15 days in jail. He appealed to circuit court days before the…
‘Be a Man’: Stranger Confronts Nodine in Mobile County Courtroom
A well-dressed man described as a rival for the affections of Angel Downs called on Commissioner Steve Nodine to admit what he did, moments after a preliminary impeachment hearing adjourned.