Tony Alamo’s conviction by a jury was based on sound evidence and his sentence by a judge on federal law, a brief filed Monday by the government states.

The 59-page document refutes arguments put forth in an April appellate brief filed by Alamo lawyer John Wesley Hall Jr. of Little Rock. In it, Hall accuses the jury of convicting Alamo of all 10 counts in his federal indictment without sufficient evidence and accuses U.S. District Judge Harry Barnes of imposing his “own sense of religiosity” when he sentenced the disgraced evangelist to 175 years in federal prison. Alamo was convic...

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