Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky are due to argue he did not get a fair trial ahead of his sentencing to 30 years in prison.
The former Penn State assistant football coach contends his defence team did not have enough time to prepare for the case in June when he was found guilty of child sex abuse charges.
The hearing on Thursday in Bellefonte - in front of the original trial judge John Cleland - will be told Sandusky's lawyers were swamped by prosecution materials.
They will point to a Supreme Court ruling that defence attorneys must undertake "reasonable investigations".
"Given the vast amount of material the prosecution turned over at the 11th hour, it is clear counsel could not come close to fulfilling this obligation," wrote attorneys Joe Amendola and Norris Gelman.
In addition, the defence lawyers are challenging hearsay testimony by a janitorial supervisor who told jurors that a co-worker had seen Sandusky raping a boy known as Victim 8, who has never been identified by the authorities.
They argue that the judge should have issued jury instructions on how long it took victims to report their abuse.
They also claim some charges were so general and nonspecific that they should have been dismissed.
Sandusky's lawyers say he has waived other challenges, including whether the statute of limitations had run out on some of the charges, whether his sentence was excessive and whether jurors should have been sequestered.
Sandusky arrived on Wednesday at the Centre County Correctional Facility in Bellefonte. He is serving his sentence at Greene State Prison in the state's southwest corner, nearly 200 miles away.
The 68-year-old maintains his innocence.
Judge Cleland can either rule from the bench or issue a written decision later.
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