Barry Bonds Cites Typos In Defense

by ryan | February 21, 2008 at 05:33 pm

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Barry Bonds for once makes a good argument about his defense. IN a 2001 legal document the government erroneously said that he flunked a drug test when in fact he passed it. That's a pretty serious 'typo'.

SAN FRANCISCO — Slugger Barry Bonds has submitted court papers complaining his chances for a fair trial could be hurt by typographical errors in a government filing wrongly accusing him of flunking a drug test in 2001.

Baseball's home run king has pleaded not guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice, and is asking a judge to dismiss the case.

In a filing last week opposing Bonds' motion for dismissal, prosecutors referred to a drug test Bonds failed in November 2001. They later said those were typos, and they meant to reference a November 2000 drug test also mentioned in the indictment.

Still, some media outlets reported that the government had procured new evidence proving Bonds had lied to a grand jury about his alleged drug use.

The mistakes were corrected the next day. But Bonds' lawyers argue in Thursday's filing that the damage was already done.