Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction upheld as court orders resentencing
- An appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California, but ordered that the trial judge who sentenced him to 16 years in prison resentence the case.
- A unanimous three-judge panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge did not violate the former movie mogul’s constitutional rights.
- “We reject his attempts to disturb the jury’s guilty verdicts,” the judges wrote in their opinion.
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- An appeals court on Friday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s 2022 rape and sexual assault conviction in California, but ordered that the trial judge who sentenced him to 16 years in prison resentence the case.
- A unanimous three-judge panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge did not violate the former movie mogul’s constitutional rights.
- “We reject his attempts to disturb the jury’s guilty verdicts,” the judges wrote in their opinion.
Sources: The Independent