ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, January 9, 1996 TAG: 9601100046
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-2 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
Boxer Mike Tyson failed Monday to persuade the Supreme Court to review the rape conviction for which he served three years in prison and now is on four years' probation.
Without comment, the court rejected arguments that Tyson was denied a fair trial when convicted in 1992 of raping Desiree Washington, a beauty pageant contestant, in Indianapolis in 1991.
Tyson contends the two engaged in consensual sex.
His appeal raised essentially the same issues as did an appeal the high court rejected last year.
- Associated Press
LENGTH: Short : 24 linesby CNB