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Barry Bonds’ Federal Conviction Upheld in Appeals Court

Barry Bonds‘ federal conviction of obstruction of justice was upheld by an appeals court Friday. The former baseball player was convicted on one count of obstruction of justice over his testimony to a grand jury probing the sale of steroids back in April 2011. The jury of eight women and four men determined then, that his 2003 testimony to a grand jury was misleading and capable of influencing a jury.

In the 2003 steroid case, Bonds denied knowingly using performance enhancing drugs to the grand jury. After being convicted in 2011, Bonds was sentenced to 30 days house arrest, a $4000 fine, two years probation, and 250 hours community service. The single-season and all-time home run leader appealed his conviction immediately.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Bonds was guilty because his response to a question about whether his trainer, Greg Anderson, had ever given him a self-injectable PED was evasive and misleading.

Anderson was held in contempt of court and arrested twice for refusing to testify against Bonds.

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