Former House Speaker Mike Hubbard Denied New Trial in Lee County

AUBURN—Former House Speaker Mike Hubbard will not get a new chance to try his case in front of Lee County Circuit Judge Jacob A. Walker.

On Tuesday, Walker explicitly denied a motion — which was automatically denied early last month — from Hubbard requesting a retrial based on juror misconduct allegations.

Hubbard’s defense attorneys in August submitted an affidavit from a juror who said other jurors were biased and failed to follow Walker’s orders to not discuss the trial outside of deliberations.

In his order, Walker said not every instance of juror misconduct warrants a new trial.

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