(CNN) -- A federal appeals court has denied actor Wesley Snipes' claim that his three-year prison sentence for tax evasion was "unreasonable."
A panel of judges in the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld Snipes' 2008 sentencing on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns.
"The district court acted well within its considerable discretion in sentencing Snipes to thirty-six months in prison," the judges said.
Snipes had argued that the only reasonable sentence would have been a period of probation.
Snipes had been granted bond while he appealed his conviction on federal tax charges. It was unclear when he would be required to report to prison.
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