Pistorius lawyers say state out of line

Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has accused prosecutors planning to appeal his six-year murder conviction of being bullies. In responding papers, filed on Thursday, Pistorius's lawyers said the state's appeal ignored the fact that it was the trial court's prerogative to impose a sentence."An appeal court will not interfere with such discretion unless the trial court failed to exercise its discretionary function judicially," his lawyers contend.