Ten years after a jury trial convicted him of 31 charges, resulting in a 20-year federal prison sentence, peanut broker Michael Parnell, 65, has filed his opening brief in his appeal of that conviction and
Continue Reading Michael Parnell’s Habeus motion is now before the 11th Circuit Court of AppealsMichael Parnell
Michael Parnell’s appeal is going forward on narrow grounds with a brief due on Feb. 20
The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a single Certificate of Appealability (COA) on Jan. 10 in the Motion 2255 Habeas Petition sought by former peanut broker Michael Parnell.
The order by the Atlanta-based…
Continue Reading Michael Parnell’s appeal is going forward on narrow grounds with a brief due on Feb. 20Parnell brothers remain incarcerated but start 2024 in very different places
The year 2023 ends with brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell in very different places in their Habeas Corpus appeals at the Circuit Court in Atlanta. Stewart Parnell, who was permitted to appeal, has exchanged arguments…
Continue Reading Parnell brothers remain incarcerated but start 2024 in very different placesParnell’s appeal for early release should be denied, assistant U.S. Attorney argues
He’s a senior citizen held for a white-collar crime, but the government has no interest in releasing him early to free up some cell space. On the contrary, an assistant U.S. Attorney filed a vigorous…
Continue Reading Parnell’s appeal for early release should be denied, assistant U.S. Attorney arguesPrison move temporarily cuts Michael Parnell’s ties with his lawyer during 11th Circuit action
Like former PCA President Stewart Parnell, Michael Parnell is before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta with a petition to vacate his conviction and sentence. Those petitions by the Parnell brothers have previously…
Continue Reading Prison move temporarily cuts Michael Parnell’s ties with his lawyer during 11th Circuit action11th Circuit delay gives Stewart Parnell more time to file an Appellant’s Brief
Stewart Parnell’s attorney, Amy Lee Copeland, requested an extension for filing an Appellant’s Brief, which was granted by the clerk for the 11th Ciricuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.
Copeland was to have filed the…
Continue Reading 11th Circuit delay gives Stewart Parnell more time to file an Appellant’s Brief11th Circuit is hearing Habeas Corpus petitions from the Parnell brothers
In the nearly four years that brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell have pursued federal Writs of Habeas Corpus, the procedure has not given them much encouragement. But that may be changing as petitions for both…
Continue Reading 11th Circuit is hearing Habeas Corpus petitions from the Parnell brothersTwo Michael Parnell motions were denied by the federal court
Now on senior status, Federal Judge W. Louis Sands presided over the 2014 criminal trial of Peanut Corporation of American executives. And in new rulings, Sands has said “No” and “No” again to defendant Michael…
Continue Reading Two Michael Parnell motions were denied by the federal courtStewart Parnell looks for better Habeas in Atlanta than he just had in Mid-Georgia
A decade after his indictment and a year after United States Magistrate Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff denied his petition for early release, one-time peanut butter mogul Stewart Parnell still has one more card to play.…
Continue Reading Stewart Parnell looks for better Habeas in Atlanta than he just had in Mid-GeorgiaIt’s the 10th anniversary of the PCA indictment and the courts are still working on it
This February is the 10th anniversary of the criminal indictment of Peanut Corporation of America’s executives. And the two defendants who remain in federal custody are still actively pursuing release, meaning there have only been…
Continue Reading It’s the 10th anniversary of the PCA indictment and the courts are still working on it