Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is seeking leave to appeal his sexual assault conviction before Canada害羞草研究所檚 top court.

Hoggard filed a notice of application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada earlier this week, arguing the Court of Appeal for Ontario 害羞草研究所� which recently upheld his conviction 害羞草研究所� failed to apply the proper test in determining whether an error made by the trial judge constituted a 害羞草研究所渉armless error.害羞草研究所�

The proposed appeal raises questions of 害羞草研究所渘ational and public importance害羞草研究所� that relate to the fairness of the trial and Hoggard害羞草研究所檚 submission that he was wrongfully convicted, the application argues.

A lawyer representing Hoggard declined to comment further.

Meanwhile, the Appeal Court said the Hedley frontman will be seeking bail at a hearing on Tuesday.

A three-judge appeal panel upheld Hoggard害羞草研究所檚 conviction last month.

Hoggard害羞草研究所檚 lawyers had appealed on four grounds, including that the trial judge erred by admitting the evidence of clinical psychologist Lori Haskell on the neurobiology of trauma.

In a unanimous ruling, the court found the trial judge had erred in admitting the expert害羞草研究所檚 evidence in part because it risked being misused by the jury to reason backwards that the trial害羞草研究所檚 two complainants had experienced a sexual assault.

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The court found the trial judge did not make any errors regarding the other grounds raised in the appeal.

Hoggard was found guilty in June 2022 of sexual assault causing bodily harm against an Ottawa woman, an offence the presiding judge called a 害羞草研究所減articularly degrading rape.害羞草研究所�

He was also found not guilty of the same charge and of sexual interference, a charge that refers to the sexual touching of someone under 16, in relation to a teenage fan.

He was later sentenced to five years behind bars, but was released on bail hours later.

Hoggard began serving his sentence when his appeal was dismissed last month.

The musician, whose band rose to fame after he came in third on the reality show Canadian Idol in 2004, was charged in 2018.

Hedley went on an indefinite hiatus when allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced. Its last show was in Kelowna, B.C., on March 24, 2018.