Mike Hubbard's lawyers say he didn't sell office or break Alabama ethics law

Lawyers for former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard claimed today that a Lee County jury convicted Hubbard for conduct that was not against the law.

Hubbard's lawyers try to use the prosecutors' own words against them in a 54-page brief filed today with the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.

In the state's brief filed four weeks ago, prosecutors said if the ethics law does not outlaw Hubbard's actions then the law is a "sham."

That was in response to Hubbard's claims that his conviction relied on expanded interpretations of the law.

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