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Claude E. Hundley III

Republican · AL · Circuit Judge, 23rd Judicial Circuit (Madison County)

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Claude E. Hundley III is a Madison County circuit judge, appointed in 2018 after seven years as a district judge, and presides over the adult drug court. He practiced civil litigation for 26 years before joining the bench.

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Track record

Track record — General

General · 9 records

  • Ordered that a former day care worker charged with child sex abuse does not have to answer questions in three families' lawsuits yet. The pause lasts until his criminal case ends.

    April 30, 2026

    Source: whnt.com · researched September 17, 2026

  • Sentenced a 20-year-old to 10 years for manslaughter in a 2022 Huntsville shooting death. He split the sentence: two years to serve, then five years of probation.

    December 11, 2024

    Source: whnt.com · researched September 17, 2026

  • Sentenced a man to 20 years for manslaughter in the death of a Madison County Jail inmate. He split the sentence: four years in prison, then five years of probation.

    January 9, 2023

    Source: whnt.com · researched September 17, 2026

  • Spoke for Madison County at the meeting where a new circuit judgeship was moved to the county. He said the county was 3.1 judges short on the circuit bench.

    June 24, 2022

    Source: whnt.com · researched September 17, 2026

  • Was overruled by the Alabama Supreme Court in a pay dispute over a children's space TV show. In May 2021 he had refused to dismiss the Space Camp agency's case. The high court told his court to dismiss the agency's claims.

    December 30, 2021

    Source: whnt.com · researched September 17, 2026

  • Dismissed the state's lawsuit against the Madison County Commission over removing a Confederate statue. He acted after a $25,000 fine was paid. He dismissed it with prejudice, so it cannot be filed again.

    September 10, 2021

    Source: whnt.com · researched September 17, 2026

  • Was appointed a Madison County circuit judge by Gov. Kay Ivey on Dec. 5, 2018. Gov. Robert Bentley had first appointed him a district judge in 2011.

    December 5, 2018

    Source: 23judicialcircuit.org · researched September 17, 2026

  • Ordered a man held without bond in a stolen-identity case. As a district judge, he revoked the man's bond after a two-hour hearing.

    September 19, 2016

    Source: whnt.com · researched September 17, 2026

  • Was reversed by the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. As a juvenile judge, he had found the county human resources agency and one of its officials in criminal contempt. The appeals court ordered that finding thrown out.

    July 12, 2013

    Source: caselaw.findlaw.com · researched September 17, 2026

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Profile last researched September 16, 2026.