Attorneys for former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver argued in a new filing with a federal appellate court that the jurors who convicted him on charges of public corruption this year were misinformed about how they should consider the elements of his case.

Meir Feder, a partner with Jones Day representing Silver on appeal, argued in the brief that jurors should have been told that prosecutors had to establish a quid pro quo agreement between the former lawmaker, a researcher, and two real estate developers.