This is the second time Bonds has pleaded not guilty to such charges. Following his plea in December a judge asked prosecutors to rewrite the indictment to fix some legal infirmities with the document.

The most recent document includes 15 felony counts of lying under oath, the same as in December.

Bonds will appear in a status conference later Friday, where a trial date could be set.

The slugger is not currently playing in the Majors. He has not declared his retirement, however has not been picked up by a team.

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. jury found former elite athletics coach Trevor Graham guilty on Thursday of one count of lying to federal agents investigating the BALCO doping scandal.

The jury could not reach a verdict on two other counts against the former coach of Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin.

Graham's court-appointed attorney, William Keane, said he would likely seek a judgment for acquittal in spite of the jury's guilty verdict.

Graham was on trial for allegedly lying to federal agents in 2004 about his relationship with former Mexican athlete Angel Heredia.

Heredia testified at the trial he sold performance-enhancing drugs to Graham and athletes coached by him.

Graham touched off the BALCO scandal by anonymously sending authorities a syringe with a then undetectable steroid that was traced back to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO).

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal grand jury brought new charges on Tuesday that baseball home run king Barry Bonds lied about past steroid use after a judge found in February that earlier charges were poorly structured.

The latest indictment charged the U.S. career home run record holder with 14 counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice, according to a copy of the indictment.

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