Dharun Ravi files appeal of conviction

Dharun Ravi, who's currently serving a 30-day sentence after being convicted of bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and other charges for spying on his roommate, Tyler Clementi at Rutgers University during a same-sex sexual encounter, has filed notice that he is appealing his conviction.

According to The Star-Ledger, "The notice, filed June 4 with the appellate court, lists the proposed issues to be raised, including that the bias intimidation statute is unconstitutional as applied to Ravi and that several decisions by Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman, who presided over the trial earlier this year, 'prejudiced the defendant's ability to get a fair trial.'   The appeal process could take upwards of two years before a three-judge panel hears the appeal."

Ravi will most likely be released from county jail sometime next week. According to Warden Edmond Cicchi of the county jail, inmates are automatically awarded 10 days for good behavior.  Ravi began his sentence May 31.

Middlesex County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia McClure,has filed her own appeal against Judge Berman's sentence; she had initially requested that Ravi be sentenced to five years in prison.