Luka Rocco Magnotta is appealing his conviction in the first-degree murder of Jun Lin and wants a new trial.
Documents made public by the Quebec Court of Appeal on Monday outline several reasons for Magnotta's attempt to have the five convictions annulled, including the one for killing Lin.
The appeal centres primarily on a number of instances in which the defence suggests the judge erred in the case.
After a lengthy trial, jurors deliberated for eight days before finding him guilty on Dec. 23 of premeditated murder and four other charges in Lin's 2012 slaying.
The first-degree murder conviction carried a sentence of life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 25 years.
Magnotta was also given the maximum sentences on the four other charges.
The documents filed by Toronto-based lawyer Luc Leclair state Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer erred in a number of instances.
"The verdicts are unreasonable and unsupported by the evidence and the instructions," one of two motions filed by Leclair read.
The appeal documents were dated last Thursday and include a notice that a hearing will take place in Montreal on Feb. 18.
Leclair denied to comment further when reached by telephone.
