FILE - In this Wednesday, April 13, 2011 file photo, former baseball player Barry Bonds leaves federal court in San Francisco, after being found guilty of one count of obstruction of justice. Bonds' appeal of his obstruction of justice conviction is scheduled to be heard by a three judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/George Nikitin, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 13, 2011 file photo, former baseball player Barry Bonds leaves federal court in San Francisco, after being found guilty of one count of obstruction of justice. Bonds' appeal of his obstruction of justice conviction is scheduled to be heard by a three judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/George Nikitin, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? A lawyer for Barry Bonds has urged a federal appeals court to toss out the slugger's obstruction of justice conviction.
Dennis Riordan (REAR-den) argued Wednesday before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Bonds' was never specifically charged with the crime he was convicted of. A jury in April 2011 found Bonds guilty of obstruction for saying he was a "celebrity child" when asked about injecting steroids.
That particular exchange wasn't included in the indictment.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Merry Chan argued that the indictment charged Bonds generally with obstruction and allowed jurors to convict him if they determined any of his testimony was designed to mislead.
The three-judge panel was not expected to rule Wednesday.
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