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Parnell’s challenge to his prison sentence is now an appeal to the 11th Circuit

By Dan Flynn on December 6, 2022

Savannah attorney Amy Lee Copeland has filed a Notice of Appeal for Stewart Parnell’s motion to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence under a federal habeas corpus action.

Parnell’s Motion was denied Sept. 23…

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Former peanut powerhouse Stewart Parnell isn’t getting out of jail

By Dan Flynn on October 18, 2022

Stewart Parnell, the 68-year former peanut industry executive who 13 years ago was caught shipping peanut butter and pastes that he knew were contaminated, won’t be getting out of prison until 2038 when he’ll be…

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Parnell brothers plan to file objections to magistrate’s denial recommendation

By Dan Flynn on April 21, 2022

Brothers Stewart Parnell, 67, and Michael Parnell, 63, will each be filing objections to the federal habeas corpus recommendations against them in relation to food safety felonies involving the deadly 2008-09 multistate Salmonella outbreak associated…
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Parnell brothers fail to persuade magistrate that their trial lawyers were ineffective

By Dan Flynn on April 13, 2022

The U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Georgia recommends denial of motions to release brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell from federal custody. Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff quietly filed decisions on April 7 after…
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11th Circuit won’t hear or rehear anymore Parnell appeals

By Dan Flynn on June 13, 2018

Petitions from the Parnell brothers for an appellate rehearing of their criminal convictions and sentences were denied by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta on June 11. Further, their petitions…
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PCA appeal could impact future food safety prosecutions

By Dan Flynn on November 8, 2017

The trial judge is as much on trial as the criminal defendants during an appeal, and a 97-minute session Tuesday in a federal appeals court in Atlanta was an illustration of how that system works.
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‘Fry them’ comments in jury room could get Parnells a new trial

By Dan Flynn on May 3, 2017

The conduct of the 2014 jury that convicted Peanut Corporation of America executives delayed sentencing for about year, but in its final analysis the district court found a new trial based on jury misconduct was…
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First of PCA convicted executives begins prison release process

By Dan Flynn on May 2, 2017

Samuel Lightsey, 52, the former manager of the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America processing plant in Blakely, GA, has moved into a Residential Re-entry Management facility in Atlanta a step toward his release from…
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Government responds to defense issues in PCA appeal

By Dan Flynn on March 2, 2017

Prosecution and defense attorneys in the Peanut Corporation of America criminal case have found something they can agree upon. Both sides now say the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta needs to hear…
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Biggest criminal fine ever in food safety case; zip for restitution

By Dan Flynn on December 14, 2016

Leo A. Knowles, president of ConAgra Grocery Products Company LLC, appeared in federal court in Albany, GA, Tuesday to put a human face on the corporate entity pleading guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge of…
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