S. appeals court to overturn his prison sentence of more than four years. The hip-hop mogul was not present in the Manhattan court, where his defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro argued to a panel of three judges that the four-year, two-month sentence was unreasonably long for his crimes and that he was treated unfairly during the trial.
Combs was convicted last July for two prostitution-related offenses but was acquitted of the more serious charges of sex trafficking and extortion, which could have resulted in a life sentence. No decision was made during the two-hour hearing, but circuit judge William J Nardini called it an 'exceptionally difficult case'.
the four-year, two-month sentence was unreasonably long for his crimes and that he was treated unfairly during the trial
an 'exceptionally difficult case'