WESLEY SNIPES WANTS HIS TAX CONVICTIONS OVERTURNED!

ACTOR Wesley Snipes is to ask an appeals panel to overturn his three federal tax convictions — because he believes the term is “unreasonable”.
The Hollywood star — best known as the vampire-slaying hero in the Blade trilogy and for other tough-guy roles — was handed the sentence in April 2008 after officials found him guilty of failing to file his taxes for five years.

According to prosecutors, who pursued the maximum penalty, Snipes made at least $13.8 million for the years in question and owed $2.7 million in back taxes.

Now attorneys for the star — who was allowed to remain free on bail as he appealed the convictions — plan to argue before the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals that the trial judge erred in multiple ways before and after his conviction.

Prosecutors say Snipes hasn’t filed a tax return since 1998.

Snipes’ attorney also argued the actor should have been granted a hearing to decide whether his trial should have been in New York instead of Florida, where he has homes.

Snipes remains free on bail and was not present at the Atlanta courthouse.

The three-judge panel did not issue an immediate decision.