Court to reconsider Barry Bonds' felony conviction
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 / S.F, Chronicle
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court will reconsider Barry Bonds' felony conviction for obstruction of justice.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a limited en banc panel of 11 judges will review a 2011 jury verdict finding Major League Baseball's career home run leader guilty of giving evasive testimony to a grand jury investigating elite athletes' use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit last year upheld the April 2011 conviction, which stemmed from a rambling answer Bonds gave in response to a question about whether he received injections from anyone other than his doctor.
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(Bonds' lawyer Dennis) Riordan has argued that Bonds' answer was, in fact, true: He felt the pressure of being a child of a celebrity.
STORY: http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Court-to-reconsider-Barry-Bonds-felony-conviction-5593206.php
Even if Bonds is successful in overturning the conviction, the * still remains.
The circus starts September 15th in San Francisco.