Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Stewart

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 19, 2004No. 1031360PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mike Stewart, a former county commissioner for Marshall County, was convicted, along with Maurice Ray Webster and another former county commissioner, Bill Greer, of violating the State ethics law, Ala. Code 1975, § 36-25-1 et seq. Specifically, a jury found Stewart guilty of intentionally using his official position to unlawfully obtain personal gain by hiring Webster, a contractor, to perform road-construction work in his district in return for monetary payments from Webster, in violation of Ala. Code 1975, §36-25-5. The trial court sentenced Stewart to five years' imprisonment and ordered…

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Faircloth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  2. Ex Parte FairclothSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  3. Bankston v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  4. Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
  5. Farrior v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2013
  2. Stanley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011
  3. Tinker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
  4. Kelley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2014
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2010

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