Knowledge is a powerful thing, especially where it comes into play in a federal criminal case. A new dispute has erupted between government and defense lawyers in the pre-trial proceedings involving former Peanut Corporation of America chief executive Stewart Parnell’s all-over knowledge. Government prosecutors say Parnell’s defense attorneys have misstated
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Parnell Attorney: Jury Will Consider ‘Two Factual Contexts’ if ADHD Expert Testifies
If Dr. Joseph C. Conley, Jr., is allowed to testify as an expert witness in this summer’s planned criminal trial of former Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) executives, Stewart Parnell’s attorneys say it could help win an acquittal for their client. Conley is the clinical neuropsychologist who diagnosed Parnell, former
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Expert Witness: Parnell’s ADHD Diagnosis ‘Not the Product of Reliable Principles and Methods’
Dueling experts kept the seat in a Georgia witness box warm for the better part of seven hours Thursday over the likelihood of Stewart Parnell having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD. Parnell, the former chief executive officer for the now-defunct Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), was present with his
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Second Defense Attorney Wants Out of Hearing Over Whether Stewart Parnell Might Have ‘ADHD’
A lawyer for a second defendant in the fraud and conspiracy case against four Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) executives wants permission to skip the March 13 “Daubert” hearing in U.S. District Court in Albany, GA. Four defendants, including brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell and two former PCA managers, are
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