Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home Celebrity

R. Kelly’s Attorney Asks Supreme Court To Overturn Sentence

rmtsa by rmtsa
August 1, 2024
in Celebrity
0
R. Kelly’s Attorney Asks Supreme Court To Overturn Sentence
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


You might also like

Love Island USA Season 7, Ep 19 Recap

What To Pack For Your Next Summer Departure – Essence

Doja Cat Claps Back At Handsy Fan From Viral Video

R. Kelly is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his convictions for child pornography and enticement.

RELATED: R. Kelly Reveals He “Cannot Read Or Understand Words” Beyond Grade-School Level In New Court Filing

Kelly Challenges Conviction

According to Billboard, R. Kelly claims that his case should fall under the statute of limitations. The outlet reports that R. Kelly’s attorney filed a petition on July 29 asking the high court to dismiss an April ruling that denied him relief from his 2022 convictions.

R. Kelly’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, told TMZ that the 2003 federal law extending the statute of limitations cannot apply retroactively to his alleged crimes from the 1990s. PEOPLE reports that Bonjean stated Congress did not explicitly include a clause making this law applicable to crimes committed before 2003.

“Because Congress did not expressly state that the PROTECT Act should apply retroactivity and even rejected a version of the bill that included a retroactive provision, the PROTECT Act did not extend the statute of limitations and Defendant was convicted of time-barred offenses,” read the petition.

For context, Kelly’s team claims that the statute of limitations window has closed. However, prosecutors dispute this, citing the PROTECT ACT — a 2003 law that established an indefinite period for sex crimes against children.

Per PEOPLE, although Kelly’s team petitioned for an appeal, the Supreme Court can choose not to hear his case.

However, Billboard notes that, like all appeals to the Supreme Court, R. Kelly’s case faces significant challenges. The high court receives thousands of petitions annually but only agrees to hear a small percentage.

In a statement to the Associated Press, Kelly’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, argued that charging him with leading the RICO enterprise from 1994 to 2018 was unfair, as it involved individuals promoting his music and recruiting women and girls for illegal sexual activity.

“This was not a collection of people who had a purpose to recruit girls for sexual abuse or child pornography. Whether they turned a blind eye, whether some of them suspected that some of these girls were underage, that’s a whole different matter.”

Bonjean claimed that if R. faced charges for this matter, it would set a precedent for other organizations to be labeled as RICO enterprises.

“And once we get into that sort of territory, where we’re going to say that constitutes a RICO enterprise, well we have a lot of organizations — we have a lot of frat houses — we have all types of organizations that are now going to become RICO enterprises,” she added.

More Details On R. Kelly’s Case & Trial

This week’s petition addresses just one of R. Kelly’s two felony abuse convictions. The other conviction, a September 2021 guilty verdict for racketeering charges from New York prosecutors, led to a 30-year prison sentence and is currently under appeal in a lower appellate court.

Yahoo reports that R. Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, is currently serving a 30-year sentence in a federal prison.

Per CNN, the R&B musician’s sentence arises from a sex trafficking conviction in New York in September 2021.

In 2022, CNN revealed that R. received an additional 20-year sentence in federal prison following a second conviction in his hometown of Chicago. He faced multiple counts related to the production of child pornography and enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. This new term was imposed while he was already serving his initial 30-year sentence.

RELATED: R. Kelly Is Appealing His September 2021 Guilty Verdicts On Sex Trafficking, Racketeering Charges

What Do You Think Roomies?



Source link

Tags: asksAttorneycourtKellysOverturnSentenceSupreme
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

Love Island USA Season 7, Ep 19 Recap

by rmtsa
June 24, 2025
0
Love Island USA Season 7, Ep 19 Recap

Casa Amor is officially back for Love Island USA Season 7–But, this time, with a new twist. Source: NBC Universal Following Sunday night’s shocking elimination of Hannah and...

Read more

What To Pack For Your Next Summer Departure – Essence

by rmtsa
June 24, 2025
0
What To Pack For Your Next Summer Departure – Essence

Courtesy of Samantha Mims Some things in life are mood enhancing and for me one of those things are narrowing down the products that will make it in...

Read more

Doja Cat Claps Back At Handsy Fan From Viral Video

by rmtsa
June 23, 2025
0
Doja Cat Claps Back At Handsy Fan From Viral Video

Source: River Callaway / Getty A Doja Cat fan interaction is taking over the internet as a hug has turned into an online firestorm. The frustrated feline is making headlines again,...

Read more

Nick Cannon Struggles To Name All 12 Of His Kids

by rmtsa
June 23, 2025
0
Nick Cannon Struggles To Name All 12 Of His Kids

Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Nick Cannon is in hot water again after forgetting two of his 12 kids’ names during a recent podcast episode. In an unconventional...

Read more

The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Season 16, Episode 16: Chicken And Waffles – Essence

by rmtsa
June 23, 2025
0
The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Season 16, Episode 16: Chicken And Waffles – Essence

(Photo by: Gizelle Hernandez/James Bianchi/Bravo) This week on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, the ladies are back in Atlanta and back to reality. We open with Shamea juggling...

Read more
Next Post
Inside Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ Family World as Parents of 4

Inside Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Family World as Parents of 4

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • Love Island USA Season 7, Ep 19 Recap
  • The Valley’s Danny Booko Claims Jax Planned a Takedown of Him on Season 2
  • Mahershala Ali Says He ‘Doesn’t Know Where Marvel Is At’ With Blade

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In