Bill Cosby Granted Appeal In Sex Assault Conviction
Bill Cosby might see another day in court after being granted the right to appeal his 2018 sexual assault conviction.
According to The Associated Press, the case will now go to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Cosby has already served two years of his three-to 10-year sentence after he was convicted of drugging and allegedly raping a woman in 2004.
“The Supreme Court has agreed to review two aspects of the case, including the judge’s decision to let prosecutors call five other accusers to testify about long-ago encounters with the once-powerful actor and comedian. Cosby’s lawyers have long challenged that testimony as remote and unreliable. The court will also consider, as it weighs the scope of the testimony allowed, whether the jury should have heard evidence that Cosby had given quaaludes to women in the past,” notes AP.
The court will also re-examine Cosby’s testimony that he made an agreement with a prior prosecutor from his civil lawsuit, claiming that any information he gave in the civil suit would not be used in a criminal case, which it was.
Bill Cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 sexual assault conviction before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The 82-year-old Cosby has been imprisoned for nearly two years after a jury convicted him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.https://t.co/v1hhSrBBWp
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