Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, convicted on federal corruption charges for the second time last year, will have an appeal of that decision heard by a federal appellate court next month, recent filings show.

Attorneys for Silver will have 10 minutes to make their case on March 13 before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on why a federal jury erred when it found him guilty of accepting millions of dollars in kickbacks last year.

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