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Brian Niemietz

Bill Cosby ask Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reconsider his conviction

Comedian Bill Cosby is appealing a Pennsylvania court's ruling last month that upheld the 82-year-old's April 2018 sexual assault conviction, according to ABC News.

Among the objections Cosby would like the state's Supreme Court to consider is that the case against the former actor went to trial despite an earlier agreement with prosecutors that it would not be. Cosby's defense team also takes issues with a handful of witnesses who were allowed to testify against him.

The appeal was filed Thursday. Pennsylvania's State Superior Court upheld the 2018 decision on Dec. 10. The state's Supreme Court is not obligated to hear Cosby's latest appeal.

He could serve up to a decade behind bars. Cosby, who has an Emmy, Grammy and Presidential Medal of Freedom, will spend his remaining years as a registered sexual predator if his appeal is unsuccessful.

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