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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge has declined to toss out track coach Trevor Graham's false statement conviction.
A jury convicted Graham in May of lying to federal investigators who were investigating sprinter Marion Jones and other athletes for lying to authorities about their performance-enhancing drug use. Authorities say Graham lied about his relationship to an admitted drug dealer who provided drugs to the coach's athletes.
Graham's lawyers unsuccessfully argued Friday that the lies had no effect on the federal government's sports doping probe, an element prosecutors needed to prove to convict the track coach of making false statements.
The jury couldn't unanimously decide two other false statement charges and prosecutors said Friday they will not seek another trial on those counts.
Graham is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 15.
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