A lawyer for former Republican Connecticut Governor John Rowland has outlined an appeal strategy over his client's conviction in a political consulting scheme.Attorney Andrew Fish argues in court papers filed Friday that Rowland has a good chance of having his conviction overturned and doesn't pose a flight risk. He wants his client to remain free while the appeal makes its way through the federal courts.
Rowland was sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison on charges that include conspiring to hide payments for work he did on the failed 2012 congressional campaign of Lisa Wilson-Foley.
Fish argues that prosecutors failed tell the defense that Wilson-Foley said she believed Rowland was hired to do legitimate consulting work for her husband's health care company.
The government hasn't responded to the filing.
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