Monday, July 26, 2004 | 9:24 a.m.
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart is thinking about voluntarily starting her five-month prison sentence while still appealing her conviction, her lawyer said today.
Stewart, who resigned as CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia but still holds the title of founding editorial director, is "willing to think about this because of the company," attorney Walter Dellinger said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Stewart was convicted of lying to investigators about her sale of ImClone Systems Inc. stock in late 2001. She was sentenced in July to five months in prison and five months of home detention, but won a stay of sentence while appealing her conviction.
Dellinger said her lawyers believe they have strong grounds to appeal and Stewart wants the appeal to "go ahead vigorously because she wants to clear her name."
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