Stewart Parnell

Government gets extra time to reply to Michael Parnell’s post hearing response

U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff is giving the government until Oct. 22 to reply to a post-hearing brief for Michael Parnell. Department of Justice (DOJ) trial attorney Speare

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Oct 2021

Government gets extra time to reply to Michael Parnell’s post hearing response

DOJ wants federal judge to deny motion for early release for Stewart Parnell

The way the Department of Justice sees it, the once chief executive officer of the now-defunct Peanut Corporation of America is a keeper. Government counsel wants the Middle District of

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Oct 2021

DOJ wants federal judge to deny motion for early release for Stewart Parnell

Post hearing briefs filed for Parnell brothers in Habeas Corpus proceedings

At the deadline for closing arguments, one was early and the other late, but not too late. Brothers Stewart Parnell, 67, and Michael Parnell, 62, have turned in their final

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Sep 2021

Post hearing briefs filed for Parnell brothers in Habeas Corpus proceedings

Last word on motions to vacate Parnells’ sentences comes into sight

Almost two years after they submitted motions to vacate, set aside, or correct their sentences, Stewart and Michael Parnell are coming to the end of the process. The court activity

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Aug 2021

Last word on motions to vacate Parnells’ sentences comes into sight

Parnell’s motion to vacate sentence moves to written arguments

Jury consultant Denise de La Rue’s expert witness report isn’t too popular with government attorneys handling a case related to an outbreak traced to peanut products. They want

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Jul 2021

Parnell’s motion to vacate sentence moves to written arguments

Jury and trial expert says Stewart Parnell’s trial attorneys dropped the ball

Were the jury and venue back in 2014 sufficiently free of bias to give Stewart Parnell and Michael Parnell a fair trial or not? Latest to offer an answer is

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Jun 2021

Jury and trial expert says Stewart Parnell’s trial attorneys dropped the ball

Food safety’s complicated case that still isn’t over

ALBANY, GA — Just more than eight years ago, well-known Georgia defense attorney Edward D. Tolley told a young majistrate judge that the criminal case they were both looking at was

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 May 2021

Judge’s ruling on Stewart Parnell’s motion to vacate likely won’t come until July or later

ALBANY, GA –After 13 and three-quarters hours of testimony in Stewart Parnell’s hearing to vacate the 22 years remaining on his sentence, it isn’t over. Government objections helped

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 May 2021

Judge’s ruling on Stewart Parnell’s motion to vacate likely won’t come until July or later

Last minute plan to combine hearings for former peanut executives quashed by Magistrate

Starting this morning in federal court in Albany, GA, brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell are getting the week to make collateral attacks on their prison sentences with back-to-back evidentiary hearings

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 May 2021

Last minute plan to combine hearings for former peanut executives quashed by Magistrate

Three additional witnesses sought by Stewart Parnell for next week’s hearing

Three additional witnesses will likely testify at Stewart Parnell’s hearing next Monday to vacate his convictions and sentencing related to multiple federal felonies stemming from a deadly 2008 Salmonella

By Dan Flynn

/ 18 May 2021

Three additional witnesses sought by Stewart Parnell for next week’s hearing

Parnell brothers exchange exhibit and witness lists with government for Motion 2255 hearings

Two weeks out from the evidentiary hearings that could see a federal magistrate vacate their convictions and sentences, the Parnell brothers have traded witness and exhibit lists with government lawyers.

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 May 2021

Parnell brothers exchange exhibit and witness lists with government for Motion 2255 hearings

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Government gets extra time to reply to Michael Parnell’s post hearing response

DOJ wants federal judge to deny motion for early release for Stewart Parnell

Post hearing briefs filed for Parnell brothers in Habeas Corpus proceedings

Last word on motions to vacate Parnells’ sentences comes into sight

Parnell’s motion to vacate sentence moves to written arguments

Jury and trial expert says Stewart Parnell’s trial attorneys dropped the ball

Food safety’s complicated case that still isn’t over

Judge’s ruling on Stewart Parnell’s motion to vacate likely won’t come until July or later

Top hearing questions: What did the jury know, why wasn’t the trial moved

Last minute plan to combine hearings for former peanut executives quashed by Magistrate

Three additional witnesses sought by Stewart Parnell for next week’s hearing

Parnell brothers exchange exhibit and witness lists with government for Motion 2255 hearings