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An appeals court ordered a new trial in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday for convicted Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who was found guilty of sexually abusing a minor, resulting in a two-year suspended prison sentence.

Franco’s attorneys pushed to have the 24-year-old’s conviction suspended and sentencing overturned. At the same time, prosecutors had been seeking a five-year sentence for the Rays star infielder.

Franco’s side was ultimately what the appeals court ruled in favor of on Tuesday, ordering that a new panel of judges to oversee his case.

“The court understood that there were many flaws, many omissions … many issues, and decided to send the case to a new trial,” Tedosio Jáquez, Franco’s attorney, said after the ruling.

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