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A state appeals court has rejected an appeal from the
attorney general’s office in its prosecution of former state Sen. Lowell
Barron.
Attorney General Luther Strange’s office had asked the
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals to review rulings by Circuit Judge Randall
Cole.
The judge ruled in April that the prosecution couldn’t
present evidence about whether Barron and a former aide had a romantic
relationship.
The judge also rejected the attorney general’s attempt to
keep Barron from presenting evidence about what are ordinary campaign
expenditures by candidates.
The Court of Criminal Appeals decided 3-0 that those rulings
aren’t subject to appeal.
Strange says he will ask the Alabama Supreme Court to
consider the case. Barron’s side had no comment.
Barron and aide Jill Johnson are charged with misusing
campaign funds.
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