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Supreme
Court
declines
appeal
request
from
ex-Detroit
mayor
Associated
Press
DETROIT
- The
U.S.
Supreme
Court
has
declined
a
request
by
former
Detroit
Mayor
Kwame
Kilpatrick
to
overturn
his
corruption
conviction
and
28-year
prison
sentence.
The
court
announced
its
decision
not to
review
the case
Monday.
The
Associated
Press
left a
message
seeking
comment
from a
lawyer
for
Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick's
request
was made
after a
federal
appeals
court
said in
October
it had
no
interest
in
taking a
second
look at
the
case.
In 2013,
Kilpatrick
was
found
guilty
of two
dozen
crimes,
including
tax
evasion
and
bribery.
A
three-judge
panel of
the 6th
U.S.
Circuit
Court of
Appeals
in
August
affirmed
the
conviction.
Kilpatrick's
appeal
centered
on an
alleged
conflict
among
his
trial
attorneys,
among
other
very
technical
reasons.
He quit
office
in
another
scandal
in 2008
and is
federal
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