Former Alaska legislators Pete Kott and Victor Kohring, in prison on federal corruption charges, on Monday asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to order federal prosecutors to produce any favorable evidence they may have in their files.

With oral arguments in their appeals scheduled before a circuit court panel this morning in Seattle, Kott and Kohring invoked last week's dismissal of charges against Sen. Ted Stevens in their motions.

The government was already obliged to produce such exculpatory information before and during their 2007 trials. But Kott, a former House speaker from Eagle River, and Kohring, who represented Wasilla, cited the government's failure to turn over favorable information to Stevens as reason to ask again for the material.

If similar information was withheld in their cases, Kott and Kohring could seek new trials or dismissal of their charges.

The judge in Stevens' case dismissed the guilty verdicts and all charges when a new team of prosecutors discovered critical evidence hadn't been turned over by the original prosecutors. The judge also ordered an investigation into misconduct by six of the government attorneys who handled the Stevens prosecution.