Midnight Rider director Randall Miller denied early end to probation for involuntary manslaughter

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An appeals court in Georgia has denied filmmaker Randall Miller's request to end his probation early in his involuntary manslaughter case stemming from an on-set accident.Miller, 60, will now have to serve a further two years of probation, Variety reported Saturday.The filmmaker pled guilty in March 2015 after being charged following the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones who was struck by a freight train while filming scenes on a railroad bridge for the Greg Allman biopic Midnight Rider.He was sentenced to a year in jail followed by 10 years of probation.

An appeals court in Georgia has denied director Randall Miller's request to end his probation early in his involuntary manslaughter case stemming from an on-set accident.

Miller, 60, will now have to serve a further two years of probation, Variety reported The filmmaker has tried on multiple occasions to have the restrictions of the probation altered since his 2016 release from custody.His latest attempt to have the sentence vacated came amid a new Georgia law that cuts down probation for first-time offenders.

After the request was denied by Judge Anthony Harrison, the director's legal team appealed the decision to Georgia's Court of Appeals, requesting a new judge be assigned to the case.