In a ruling today, U.S. District Court Judge Amy St. Eve turned down Black's motion for bail. St. Eve presided over the 2007 trial of the former chairman of Hollinger International Inc. and sentenced him to 6 1/2 years in prison. Black has been at a federal prison in Coleman, Fla., since March, 2008.
In her four-page ruling, St. Eve said that Black "failed to establish that a ruling in his favour on the issues before the Supreme Court is likely to result in reversal of his obstruction of justice conviction or a shorter sentence than the total of time defendant already has served in prison plus the anticipated time it will take the Supreme Court to resolve the merits of his case."
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