Mobile Habitual Offender Serving Life Denied New Appeal Hearing
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has denied a rehearing petition from a Mobile man serving life without parole for a gas station robbery.
Mobile County Prosecutor Jill Phillips Honored as Alabama’s Top Assistant District Attorney
Mobile County's Jill Phillips, a veteran prosecutor on the district attorney's murder team, has been named Alabama's top assistant DA.
Mobile Man Sentenced in Rare Corpse Abuse Case After Body Burned Off Schillinger Road
A Mobile County judge handed down a split sentence in a rare corpse abuse case tied to a 2010 overdose death.
Alabama Supreme Court Declines New Hearing in Eight Mile Abuse Case, Chief Justice Dissents
Alabama's high court denied a new hearing for an Eight Mile man convicted of sexual abuse, prompting a pointed dissent from the chief justice.
Mobile County Death Row Case Heads Back to Appeals Court Over Ziegler’s New Trial Order
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals will hear arguments Oct. 15 over whether death row inmate William Ziegler should receive a new trial in the 2000 killing of Allen Baker…
District Judge to Brief Young Republicans as a Circuit Seat Opens Up
Mobile County District Judge George Hardesty was set to address the Mobile County Young Republicans on judicial developments, with a circuit judgeship coming open after 40 years on the bench.
Mobile Lawyers Weigh In: Bar Association Poll Picks Favorites in Judicial Races
A May 2004 Mobile Bar Association poll of members produced landslide preferences in several judicial contests, including a lopsided vote for Mobile attorney Robert H. Smith for the Alabama Supreme…