 While one of the perjury charges was dismissed by District Judge Richard C. Freeman, the jury convicted Swindall on nine counts and sentenced him to one year in prison and a fine of $30,450.On appeal, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned three of the counts, but the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the remaining six and he began serving his sentence in 1994.He was disbarred by the Supreme Court of Georgia in 1996.