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R. Kelly’s latest federal appeal argument heard in New York

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R. Kelly was convicted in Brooklyn on wide-ranging racketeering charges. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison and is currently serving his term in North Carolina. His attorney argued that some of his convictions should be thrown out on statute-of-limitations grounds. The appellate judges did not render a decision Monday.

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R. Kelly’s latest federal appeal argument heard in New York

Arguments attempting to have R. Kelly’s racketeering conviction thrown were as broad and complicated as the criminal scheme he was found guilty of running – a scheme that, his attorney said, doesn’t meet the definition of a criminal enterprise at all. There may have been evidence that the disgraced R&B star committed wrongdoing “using the quote-unquote machinery of his organization,” attorney Jennifer Bonjean argued Monday before the U.S. Second…

1 month ago·Chicago, United States

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