Nowlin renews push to overturn ’07 guilty plea [Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo]
By Patsy R. Brumfield, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo | |
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Earlier this week, his attorneys filed a 21-page supplementary document, plus numerous other documents supporting their multiple contentions that Nowlin never was guilty of fraud or bribing then-
They were accused of conspiring to defraud
Nowlin said he pleaded guilty in a leniency deal because his attorney,
Farese said Thursday, as he said when the original motion was filed, that Nowlin's allegations "are absolutely false and I vehemently deny them."
In
Nowlin began a 30-month prison sentence in
He filed his initial motion to vacate or set aside his plea in
In
The new filing expands on earlier allegations that if Farese had more thoroughly investigated the case, he would have discovered the government's allegations to be flawed and incorrect.
It also asks again for a hearing to present witnesses and evidence to prove his innocence.
Much of Nowlin and Massey's convictions were based on the government's contention that as a supervisor Massey had influence on contracts with Nowlin.
Nowlin's filing insists evidence will show that his business arrangement with Massey was legal and that Nowlin did not have a contract for the county's health insurance, only its third-party administrator.
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