Southfield (WWJ) -- For the second day in a row Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has won a legal battle.
The Michigan Court of Appeals declined Tuesday to overturn a decision letting Kilpatrick attend the convention next week in Denver, but the mayor remains under a second judge's order barring him from traveling outside the Detroit area.
The mayor has been considering a trip to Denver for the Democratic National Convention next week.
The travel restrictions are part of the mayor's bond in an assault case. Those restrictions could come up again Friday when Kilpatrick is arraigned in Wayne County Circuit Court at 9 a.m.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy appealed a decision by visiting Wayne County Circuit Judge Leonard Townsend to revise the mayor's bond allowing him to travel and not wear a tether.
The appeals court found no abuse of discretion by Townsend.
"Since the bond conditions were re-instated in the Michigan Attorney General's assault case against Defendant Kilpatrick we will take no further action," said Worthy in a statement.
In a separate criminal case, he's accused of perjury, obstruction of justice and other charges for his testimony in a civil trial last year.
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Monday, Wayne County Judge Robert Ziolkowski ruled Detroit City Council didn't have the authority to proceed with forfeiture hearings which could have led to the removal of the mayor from office.
Council's special attorney Bill Goodman said Tuesday he'll focus on the Governor's removal hearings instead of filing an appeal of Ziolkowski's ruling.
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