Bonds still has Ides of March on his mind despite favourable judge decisionA federal judge threw out three perjury perjury (pûr`jərē), in criminal law, the act of willfully and knowingly stating a falsehood under oath or under affirmation in judicial or administrative proceedings. charges on Monday against US baseball home run king Barry Bonds but upheld other counts against the 44-year-old slugger, making a March trial much more likely. Lawyers for the former San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era superstar had wanted 10 of 15 perjury counts and an obstruction of justice A criminal offense that involves interference, through words or actions, with the proper operations of a court or officers of the court. The integrity of the judicial system depends on the participants' acting honestly and without fear of reprisals. charge against Bonds dismissed regarding his 2003 testimony to a grand jury probing the BALCO steroid scandal. Instead, US District Court Judge Susan Ilston struck down only three and ordered others combined so that Bonds now faces 10 perjury counts plus the obstructing justice charge for his 2003 testimony denying that he knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs. Bonds, who was indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. last year, smashed an all-time Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. record of 762 homers in a 22-season career with the Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates. But Bonds' pursuit of the old mark, 755 by Hank Aaron, was tainted by links to the BALCO scandal. Spectators booed Bonds in every road ballpark and showed signs of syringes indicating they thought Bonds was a dope cheat. Greg Anderson, Bonds' former personal trainer, was among those convicted in the BALCO scandal that rocked US baseball and athletics. Illston dropped one count as repetitive and two more over ambiguousness in the question. 
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