Snipes' appeal in tax case rejected

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court in Atlanta has turned away the latest attempt by Wesley Snipes to get his conviction and prison sentence on tax charges.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta recently rejected the appeal by Snipes, who was convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file income tax returns.

Defense lawyers contended they received two e-mails from former jurors who reported misconduct among other members of the panel. But the court held that it wasn’t “strong, substantial and incontrovertible evidence” that would warrant a new trial.

Snipes started a three-year term in a Pennsylvania prison in December. He has  appeared in dozens of films from White Men Can't Jump and Demolition Man in the early ’90s to the blockbuster Blade trilogy.