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Same court; two actors; two different appeal bond results.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Photo from website of U.S. District Court (W.D. Mi.). Wesley Snipes and Paul Little (a.k.a. Max Hardcore) both are actors -- very different actors, at that --  with pending federal criminal appeals from the Middle District of Florida. Their similarities end there both with the types of convictions involved (Snipes for a tax conviction and Hardcore for an obscenity conviction), the lengths of their sentences (Snipes possibly for a shorter period than the time to argue and decide his appeal, and Hardcore for nearly four years), and their abilities to make movies pending appeal (Snipes yes; Hardcore, no, because his appeal bond motion was denied).  Curiously, Wesley Snipes's judge granted him an appeal bond after determining that his appellate issues are not particularly strong, but are not frivolous...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on November 03, 2008 (boomark / email).