Attorneys for actor Robert Downey Jr., shown in this file photo taken Thursday, Aug. 5, 1999, in Malibu, Calif., have told a state Court of Appeal Panel, Thursday July 27, 2000, that the actor should be freed from state prison immediately. They claim that Malibu Municipal Court Judge Lawrence Mira made errors in calculating the three-year prison sentence Downey Jr. is currently serving. He was sentenced last August for violating probation from a 1996 drug conviction. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)