Dana Stubblefield's Lawyer to Appeal Rape Conviction; Requested Mistrial

Former NFL defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield is planning to appeal a rape conviction handed down Monday because of problems with the case caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Allen Sawyer, Stubblefield's lawyer, told TMZ Sports in an interview released Thursday he requested a mistrial on multiple occasions throughout the case, which he says was "littered with errors":

"Once they halted the jury trial for months, we asked for a mistrial because how [is] the jury supposed to remember evidence from a witness from seven, eight months ago when they've had a two-month break and other breaks?

"They started the trial, and then the pandemic hit. We already had a jury, the government got to present a…