| Witness | Title/Role | Day | Attorneys | Brief synopsis |
| Alva Lambert | Director of State Health Planning and Development Agency | 1-2 | US/Direct: Franklin Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Deen Scrushy: Butts |
Discussed the CON board and how the appointments are made. He said there was nothing that he could see that was improper about Scrushy's appointment or his serving on the board, and that his appointment made sense. |
| Nick Bailey | Former Siegelman aide | 2-5 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: McDonald Hamrick: Deen Scrushy: Leach |
Discussed his involvement in alleged conspiracy, described as an "absolute agreement" between Bailey, Siegelman, Hamrick and Lanny Young. According to Bailey, whatever Lanny wanted or needed was supposed to be provided by Siegelman, Hamrick and Bailey; and whatever Siegelman, Hamrick and Bailey needed was supposed to be provided by Young. |
| Derrin Cline | Finance Director for Siegelman | 6 | US/Direct: Franklin Siegelman: McDonald Hamrick: Deen Roberts: Baxley Scrushy: Butts |
He oversaw fundraising operations for Siegelman's campaign, and for the lottery campaign. Received the IHS check. |
| Raymond Bell | Appointments Secretary for Siegelman | 6 | US/Direct:: Franklin Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Deen Scrushy: Helmsing |
Discussed the process of making the appointments to the CON Board. |
| Josh Hayes | Appointments Secretary for Siegelman | 6 | US/Direct: Franklin Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Deen Scrushy: Helmsing |
Made appointment of HealthSouth's Thomas Carman to the CON Board after Scrushy resigned. |
| Marge Sellers | COM Board chairman | 7 | US/Direct: Franklin Scrushy: Gray Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Nicrosi |
Former executive director of Alabama Nursing Home Association. She was appointed to CON Board at the same time Scrushy was |
| William McGahan | Investment Banker at UBS-Warburg | 7 | US/Direct: Franklin Scrushy: Leach Siegelman: Kilborn |
Said that Mike Martin and Scrushy pressured him for a donation to Alabama Educational Lottery Foundation. He was a friend of Martin's. |
| Leif Murphy | Treasurer of HealthSouth | 7 | US/Direct: Franklin Scrushy: Leach |
Talked about arranging and receiving check from IHS. |
| Michael Martin | CFO of HealthSouth | 7-8 | US/Direct: Franklin Siegelman: Kilborn Scrushy: Butts |
Talked about pressuring Bill McGahan for a donation to Alabama Educational Lottery Foundation. He said the check "smelled bad," but didn't know of any illegal about it. |
| Jabo Waggoner | Former State Senator & HealthSouth VP | 8 | US/Direct: Franklin Siegelman: Kilborn Scrushy: Gray |
Testified about going to Montgomery with Richard Scrushy and Loree Skelton, where Scrushy met privately with Governor Siegelman. |
| Charles Terry Pickett, Jr. | (former) CFO of IHS | 8 | US/Direct: Franklin Siegelman: Kilborn Scrushy: Gray |
Testified about getting the request for a donation from Bill McGahan, and subsequently having a $250K check cut, and sent to Leif Murphy at HealthSouth. |
| Loree Skelton | HealthSouth Attorney- in charge matters concerning COMs and state regulations | 8-9 | US/Direct: Franklin Scrushy: Leach Siegelman: Kilborn |
Testified about the meeting between Siegelman and Scrushy, and about the involvement of Tim Adams and the CON Board, as it related to Richard Scrushy. |
| John Morrow | Attorney for Brookwood Medical Center | 9-10 | US/Direct: Perrine Scrushy: Butts |
Attorney for Brookwood Medical Center, that was a competitor with HealthSouth. He testified about some contested CON Board actions, but his testimony was stricken from the record by order of Judge Fuller |
| Todd Bear | Executive Vice President- First Commercial Bank | 10 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: Kilborn Scrushy: Helmsing |
Testified about an account Nick Bailey opened at the bank for the Alabama Education Foundation, and a loan that Bailey took out with Siegelman as a guarantor. |
| Theresa Griswold | Executive VP at Colonial Bank | 10 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: Kilborn Scrushy: Gray |
Questioned about a line of credit the Democratic party opened at her bank, and how it was paid off. |
| Ed Packard | Works in Secretary of State's office | 10-11 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: Kilborn Hamric: Deen Scrushy: Leach |
Discussed campaign laws and regulatory restrictions from the point of view of the Secretary of State's office. |
| Chuck Granger, Dr. | (formerly) Counsel for Secretary of State | 11 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: Kilborn |
Testified about notifying the Attorney General about problems with the AEF. |
| Lanny Young | Businessman/ conspirator | 11-14 | US/Direct: Feaga Hamrick: Deen Siegelman: Kilborn |
He was part of Nick Bailey's "absolute agreement," and described giving money to Bailey, Siegelman and Hamrick in exchange for favors in return. He is a convicted felon. |
| Tim Burgess | Cherokee County administrator | 14 | US/Direct: Fitzpatrick Hamrick: Deen |
Put on the stand to authenticate some documents. |
| Philip Jordan | Cherokee County Judge | 15 | US/Direct: Fitzpatrick Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Deen |
Pleaded guilty to taking bribes from Lanny Young. He said the project he was bribed for would have been approved regardless of Young's involvement. Mentioned some conversations with Hamrick and Siegelman about Lanny Young |
| Robert Seelack | Mead Company | 15 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: Kilborn |
Put in to authenticate letter. |
| Norwood Kerr | from Alabama Archives and History | 15 | US/Direct: Pilger Siegelman: Kilborn |
Authenticated some documents about the passing of the Sunday beer sales at Talladega bill |
| Pat Harris | Asst. Secretary of Alabama Senate | 15 | US/Direct: Fitzpatrick Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Deen |
Talked about the process of passing bills, and about the circumstances of the Sunday beer sales at Talladega bill. |
| Lisa Kardell | Lobbyist | 15 | US/Direct: Perrine Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Deen |
Spoke about an encounter she had with Paul Hamrick in Washington DC. |
| Claire Austin | Lobbyist | 15-16 | US/Direct: Perrine Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Deen Scrushy: Leach Roberts: Baxley |
Discussed her business relationship with Lanny Young |
| Wade Hope | Counsel- Alabama Dept. of Revenue | 16 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: Kilborn |
Spoke about revenue due that gave Chem Waste a tax break. |
| Katheye Howard | Billing Clerk - Chem Waste | 16 | US/Direct: Perrine | Verified some records |
| Loretta Nelson | Revenue Manager for Alabama Dept. of Revenue | 17 | US/Direct: Perrine Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Deen |
She had some spreadsheets she had made that showed the decline in revenue after Chem Waste got the revenue ruling that reduced per tonnage taxes. |
| Pat Hagler | State of Alabama Dept. of Finance - Debt Management | 17 | US/Direct: Feaga\ Hamrick: Deen Siegelman: Kilborn |
She discussed a board meeting where a company (Sunbelt Environmental) partially owned by Bill Blount was moved from the 13th spot to the 5th spot on a list of companies that would be allowed to sell tax exempt bonds. |
| Fred Simpler | State Attorney | 17 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: McDonald |
He was in on meetings concerning the GH Construction project, and was the attorney that approved the lease forms. He said it was Siegelman's job to assure that it was a good deal. |
| James Ramage, III | Bank of Brundage (he is mayor of Brundage) | 17 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: Kilborn |
He was involved in loans for the GH Construction project and personal loans for Lanny Young |
| Bill Blount | Investment Banker | 17 & 20 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: McDonald Hamrick: Deen |
Blount was the underwriter of the GH Construction project. He also helped Lanny Young with some personal loans, at the request of Paul Hamrick. |
| David Campbell | Bondsman | 17 | US/Direct: Perrine| No Cross |
He was involved with the GH Construction project. They initially did not approve it because the company did not have tne necessary resources. They later did it partially because of Bill Blount's participation and partially because the deal was restructured. |
| Lee Miller | Alabama Dept. of Finance | 18 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: McDonald |
He was wary of the project because of the people involved, but said it wasn't really his place to make this kind of determination. |
| Jimmy Allen | Bridge Builder | 18-19 | US/Direct: Pilger Siegelman: Kilborn Roberts: Baxley |
Allen said Siegelman demanded $100,000 from him because he didn't support him in the campaign, and they later settled for $40K with the assurance he could pick the ALDOT director. His employee, Mac Roberts, was later selected as director. He has a non-prosecution agreement. |
| Philip Rawls | Journalist for AP | 19 | US/Direct: Fitzpatrick Roberts: Baxley |
He wrote a story about the relationship between Allen and Roberts. |
| Frank Corsin | Transportation Engineer for ALDOT | 19-20 | US/Direct: Feaga Roberts: Baxley Siegelman: Kiborn |
He knows Mac Roberts and has extensive experience in road building. |
| Don Vaughn | Chief Engineer at ALDOT | 20 | US/Direct: Pilger Roberts: Baxley Siegelman: Kilborn |
He talked about the testing, and the on-again, off-again nature of its use on Alabama's roads |
| Joe McInnes | Director of ALDOT (current) | 20-21 | US/Direct: Franklin Siegelman: Kilborn Roberts: McKnight |
Discussed why the state does not use RainLine today. |
| John Dickerson | Research engineer for ALDOT (former) | 21 | US/Direct: Feaga Roberts: McKnight Siegelman: Kilborn |
Talked about how he didn't like RainLine and about how it failed some tests. He appeared to still be angry about ALDOT and Mac Roberts. |
| Paul Boland | Works for ALDOT (was Director after Roberts) | 21 | US/Direct: Franklin Siegelman: Kilborn Roberts: McKnight |
He talked about why they killed RainLine post-Roberts. |
| Steve Arnberg | Realtor | 21 | US/Direct: Franklin Roberts: McKnight |
Discussed Jimmy Allen helping Mac Roberts sell a house and buy another one. |
| Mac Marcato | Inventor of RainLine | 22 | US/Direct: Pilger Siegelman: Kilborn Roberts: McKnight |
Discussed his RainLine product and a call he took from Siegelman where the Governor asked for a $250,000 campaign contribution. |
| Nancy Marcato | Wife of Mac Marcato | 22 | US/Direct: Pilger Siegelman: Kilborn Roberts: McKnight |
Discussed the records she kept for RainLine Inc. and talked about the Siegelman phone call. |
| Anita Muller | Banker- Research Manager | 22 & 26 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: Kilborn |
Worked at Colonial Bank- Custodian of Records. Verified some checks. 2nd Time: Talked about money going to PACs. |
| Mona George | Banker- District Operations Manager | 22 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: McDonald |
Worked at Compass bank. Discussed checks to PACs -- Custodian of records. |
| Jerry Marion | Lawyer- Office Manager for firm | 22 | US/Direct: Fitzpatrick Siegelman: Kilborn |
Verified some wire transfers. - Custodian of records. |
| Janis McDonald | Elections Director - Secretary of State's office | 22-23 | US/Direct: Pilger Siegelman: Kilborn |
Discussed payments that went to PACs and eventually to Siegelman's campaign fund. |
| Beth Crain | Lanny Young's Secretary | 23-24 | US/Direct: Perrine Hamrick: Deen Siegelman: Kilborn |
Her appointment book was picked through. She talked about the GH Construction project, and said Lanny told her that he gave case to Paul Hamrick. |
| Chris Hutchins | Banker- Regent's Bank | 24 | US/Direct: Feaga Roberts: Baxley |
Verifies the Jim Allen Black Warrior Parkway checks, written to PACS and the $71,000 check to Mac Roberts |
| Sandy Parker | Banker - Merchant's Bank | 24 | US/Direct: Feaga No-Cross |
Nick Bailey's bank records. One of them is the $9,200 motorcycle check. |
| James Massarano | Stern Agee & Leach | 24 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Deen |
Testified that they informed Hamrick of a margin call, and after a first check bounced, they got a wire transfer to cover it. |
| Calip Hopkins | Loan Review Specialist - 1st Commercial Bank | 24 | US/Direct: Feagaz No-Cross |
Said that 1st Commercial is FDIC. |
| Deanne Siebert | Banker - Wakovia Bank | 24 | US/Direct: Feaga Hamrick: Nicrosi |
Put in signature card for Paul Hamrick and showed some deposits into Hamrick's account. Shows some statements and checks from a Lanny Young account. |
| Gail Traylor | State of AL - Dept. of Examiners | 24 | US/Direct: Fitzpatrick Siegelman: Kilborn |
She verifies the executive branch of the government receives more than $10,000 annually. |
| Jackie Graham | State of AL - Personnel Dept. | 25 | US/Direct: Feaga Siegelman: Kilborn Hamrick: Deen Roberts: McKnight |
Verified the positions, salaries and (some) ages of Siegelman, Hamrick, Roberts, Bailey, James Hayes, Ted Hasp, Susan Kennedy, Ken Funderburk, Henry Mabry and Ran Garver |
| Sandra Horn | AL State Comptroller | 25 | US/Direct: Feaga Hamrick: Deen |
Talks about position and salary of Lt. Governor |
| John Sanzo | Pilot | 25 | US/Direct: Pilger Siegelman: McDonald Hamrick: Deen |
Flew Lanny Young's airplane. |
| Billy Stinson | CFO of United Toll Systems | 26 | US/Direct: Perrine Roberts: Baxley |
Talks about the $71K that Roberts got, and the contracts of Burke-Kleinpeter and TTL. |
| Gary Moore | Asst. Consultant Management Engineer for ALDOT | 26 | US/Direct: Perrine Roberts: Baxley Siegelman: Kilborn |
Talks about contracts with Burke-Kleinpeter |
| Rose Lawler | Controller of care company | 26 | US/Direct: Feaga No cross |
Discusses lease of Hamrick's BMW. |
| Candida Jumallon | Insurance Agent | 27 | US/Direct: Franklin Siegelman: Kilborn |
Insured the motorcycle and a car owned by the campaign. |
| Audie Ward | Motorcycle & ATV salesman | 27 | US/Direct: Franklin Siegelman: Kilborn |
Sold the ATV that went to the Governor's mansion. |
| The Witnesses for Mac Roberts | ||||
| Jennifer Marcato | Daughter of Mac Marcato- RainLine | 28 | Direct: McKnight US/Cross: Feaga |
She said that she acquired minutes from a meeting discussing RainLine after filing a Freedom of Information Act request. The authenticity of these minutes had been questioned earlier. |
| Lowell Barron | AL State Senator | 28 | Direct: Baxley US/Cross: Feaga |
He supported Mac Roberts for Highway Director |
| Charles Swann | City Administrator of Northport AL | 28 | Direct: McKnight US/Cross: Feaga |
He fought to have road and bride funded to route traffic around Tuscaloosa (Western Bypass). |
| Perry Hand | Former State Senator, Secretary of State & Highway Director | 28 | Direct: McKnight US/Cross: Feaga |
Character witness: He said that he believes Roberts is a "man of integrity." |
| Ron Green | Bureau Chief of Hiring and Promotions - ALDOT | 28 | Direct: McKnight US/Cross: Feaga |
He was first African-American to become part of ALDOT administration. Said Roberts was "most honest person he has ever worked with." |
| Richard Lindsey | AL State Representative | 28 | Direct: Siegelman: Kilborn US/Cross: Feaga |
He spoke about getting about 100 signatures of 105 representatives, in support of Siegelman picking Mac Roberts as Highway Director. |
| Francis Allred | Retired from ALDOT | 28 | Direct: Sigelman: Kilborn US/Cross: Feaga |
Character witness: He said that Roberts always stressed that if something was against the law, the wouldn't do it |
| Rosemary Johnson | Worked at ALDOT | 28 | Direct: McKnight Cross: Feaga |
Character witness: Said that Roberts was very ethical. |
| William Meehan | President of Jacksonville State | 28 | Direct: No Cross |
Character witness: Said that Roberts was on the Board and that he believes he is law abiding and a man of his word. |