Aaron Hernandez's attorneys say the court was wrong to restore his murder ...

Aaron Hernandez's attorneys say the court was wrong to restore his murder conviction which was thrown out because the former New England Patriot took his own life mid-appeal Attorneys for the late Aaron Hernandez are calling for a court to reverse its call to reinstate murder charges that were thrown out due to a legal loophole Defendants who die mid-appeal can have their conviction quashed Two years after the conviction was thrown out a Massachusetts high court chose to reinstate the charges relating to the killing of fellow football player Odin Lloyd Hernandez, 27, was found dead in his cell on April 2017, with his death ruled a suicide. He had been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole The lawyers say in documents filed Friday that the Supreme Judicial Court got it wrong when it ordered last month that Hernandez's conviction be restored

By Rod Ardehali For Dailymail.com

Published: 18:39 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 18:39 BST, 13 April 2019

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Aaron Hernandez was convicted on April 15, 2015 of the 2013 death of semipro football player Odin Lloyd in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. The 27-year-old Hernandez was found dead in his prison cell on April 19, 2017, with his death ruled a suicide

Attorneys for the late Aaron Hernandez are asking Massachusetts' highest court to reverse its decision to reinstate the former New England Patriot's murder conviction.

The lawyers say in documents filed Friday that the Supreme Judicial Court got it wrong when it ordered last month that Hernandez's conviction be restored.

Hernandez was convicted on April 15, 2015 of the 2013 death of semipro football player Odin Lloyd in North