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Judge Balks at Bonds Indictment  

Posted Feb 29, 08 7:03 PM CST in Sports    Editor's Choice

(newser) – The government’s case against Barry Bonds hit a snag today, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, with a judge ruling that it included multiple offenses in four of the counts of perjury in the indictment of baseball's home-run king. The feds must rewrite or re-file the indictment, Judge Susan Illston said in calling them "duplicitous."

Bonds’ lawyers have other problems with the indictment, and have filed motions claiming he committed no crime in trying to answer "imprecise, redundant, overlapping" questions with "merely incomplete, misleading or nonresponsive" answers. Illston also ordered that Bonds' 2003 testimony before a grand jury investigating steroids in sports be unsealed; though it had been leaked to the Chronicle the transcript has never been made public.

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Judge Balks at Bonds Indictment
This is an artist sketch showing from left to right, Barry Bonds, defense attorney Allen Ruby, defense attorney Cristina Arguedasan, prosecutor Matthew Parrella and U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston...   (Associated Press)
Judge Balks at Bonds Indictment
This is an artist sketch showing Barry Bonds answering a question during his arraignment in San Francisco, Friday, Dec. 7, 2007. Bonds is accused of repeatedly lying when he testified under oath that...   (Associated Press)
Judge Balks at Bonds Indictment
A fan holds a sign in regard to San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds during their Major League Baseball game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego, in this Aug. 5, 2007 file photo. Bonds was charged...   (Associated Press)
Judge Balks at Bonds Indictment
Barry Bonds arrives at the San Francisco Federal Building in San Francisco, in this Dec. 7, 2007 file photo. Bonds' lawyers are scheduled to ask U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston on Friday, Feb....   (Associated Press)
Judge Balks at Bonds Indictment
Former San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds leaves the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco, on Friday, Dec. 21, 2007 after responding to government concerns that his high powered legal team may...   (Associated Press)
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