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Barry Bonds

Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants.

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Barry Bonds files appeal to overturn his felony obstruction conviction

Barry Bonds has asked a federal appeals court to toss out his felony obstruction conviction, arguing it was based on his rambling — but truthful — answer to a grand jury question about whether his trainer ever provided him with an injectable substance.

Responding to the jury, the Major League Baseball's career home runs leader replied that he was a "celebrity child," rather than answering the question directly. Bonds' father was Bobby Bonds, a 13-year major league veteran and three-time All Star.A jury decided after a roughly three-week trial last year that the answer represented an obstruction of justice. The jury deadlocked on three other charges alleging Bonds lied to a grand jury when he denied knowing taking performance-enhancing drugs. Prosecutors dismissed those counts, bringing an anticlimactic end to their eight-year pursuit of Bonds.Bonds attorneys filed a 60-page legal brief filed Thursday with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. His counsel stressed that federal investiga...

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  1. Barry Bonds Sentenced to 30 Days of House Arrest, 2 Years Probation

    Former Major League Baseball star Barry Bonds was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest and 2 years probation on Friday for his federal conviction of obstruction of j...

  2. Prosecutors urge judge to sentence Barry Bonds to 15 months on obstruction conviction

    Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to send former baseball slugger Barry Bonds to prison.In court documents filed late Thursday, prosecutors objected to a recomm...

  3. Prosecutors urge judge to sentence Barry Bonds to 15 months on obstruction conviction

    Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to send former baseball slugger Barry Bonds to prison.In court documents filed late Thursday, prosecutors objected to a recomm...

  4. Prosecutors Seek 15 Months in Prison for Barry Bonds

    Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to send former baseball slugger Barry Bonds to prison.In court documents filed late Thursday, prosecutors objected to a recomm...

  5. Barry Bonds Gets 30 Days House Arrest

    2 years probation

  6. Latest on Barry Bonds Case

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  7. Prosecutors urge judge to sentence Barry Bonds to 15 months on obstruction conviction

    Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to send former baseball slugger Barry Bonds to prison.In court documents filed late Thursday, prosecutors objected to a recomm...

  8. Barry Bonds' Lawyers: Rambling Is Not a Federal Offense

    Barry Bonds ' lawyers are still working to persuade a federal judge in San Francisco to throw out the home run king's obstruction of justice conviction or grant him ...

  9. Barry Bonds' Conviction Upheld

    Barry Bonds ' obstruction of justice conviction was upheld Friday by a federal judge, who denied the former baseball star's motion for a new trial or acquittal on th...

  10. Barry Bonds lawyers seek to knock out jury verdict

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A jury verdict finding baseball home run king Barry Bonds guilty of obstructing justice in a steroids investigation should be thrown out, h...

  11. Government mum on Barry Bonds retrial decision

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday said they had not decided whether to retry baseball homerun king Barry Bonds on charges of lying to a grand ju...

  12. Government drops perjury counts against Barry Bonds

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The government on Wednesday dismissed three counts of perjury against home-run king Barry Bonds that had left jurors deadlocked in his tria...

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    Latest in former pitcher's trial

  4. With Kemp's status in doubt, Dodgers battle Diamondbacks

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  5. Barry Bonds given 2nd extension to May 4 to file written arguments in appeal of conviction

    Barry Bonds has been given an extension until May 4 to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction.The 9th U.S. Circuit Co...

  6. Barry Bonds , Jose Canseco among potential witnesses in new Clemens perjury trial

    Prosecutors said they might call former baseball players Barry Bonds and Jose Canseco, current baseball commissioner Bud Selig and New York Yankees general manager B...

  7. Barry Bonds' attorneys urge probation sentence for slugger's obstruction conviction

    Barry Bonds' lawyers asked a federal judge Tuesday to follow a federal probation officer's recommendation and give Major League Baseball's career home run leader pro...

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