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Appeals court denies Bill Cosby’s latest bid for bail

A Pennsylvania appeals court has denied Bill Cosby's latest effort to be released from prison on bail while he appeals his sex-assault conviction.

FILE - This Sept. 25, 2018, file photo provided by the Montgomery County Correctional Facility shows Bill Cosby after he was sentenced to three to 10 years for sexual assault. An appeals court on Monday, April 29, 2019, has denied Cosby's latest effort to be released from prison on bail while he fights his sex-assault conviction. (Montgomery County Correctional Facility via AP, File)
FILE - This Sept. 25, 2018, file photo provided by the Montgomery County Correctional Facility shows Bill Cosby after he was sentenced to three to 10 years for sexual assault. An appeals court on Monday, April 29, 2019, has denied Cosby's latest effort to be released from prison on bail while he fights his sex-assault conviction. (Montgomery County Correctional Facility via AP, File)Read moreAP

HARRISBURG — An appeals court has denied Bill Cosby’s latest request to leave prison on bail while he fights his sex-assault conviction.

Defense lawyers say the 81-year-old comedian is likely to have his conviction overturned because of trial errors.

Spokesman Andrew Wyatt says Cosby and his team aren’t surprised by the Pennsylvania Superior Court order Monday denying last week’s bail motion.

He says the filing was meant to point out that Montgomery County Court Judge Steven O’Neill hasn’t issued a posttrial opinion the defense needs to pursue Cosby’s appeal. They plan to challenge several trial rulings, including O’Neill’s decision to let five other accusers testify at last year’s trial.

Cosby is serving a three- to 10-year prison term for drugging and molesting a woman in 2004. District Attorney Kevin Steele calls Cosby’s bail motion “fraught with inaccuracies.”