‘Melrose Place’ Actor Loses Bid to Reduce Crash Sentence

Actress Amy Locane arrives for the premiere of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal's new movie "Secretary" at the Clearview Chelsea West Theater in New York on Sept. 18, 2002. M. David Leeds/Getty Images

TRENTON, N.J.—An actress who appeared in the 1990s prime-time soap opera “Melrose Place” has lost a bid to have her sentence in a 2010 fatal auto crash reduced.

An appeals court in New Jersey rejected Amy Locane’s arguments in a ruling published Tuesday.