A former pediatrician serving life in prison for sexually abusing scores of children has lost an appeal before the Delaware Supreme court.

A three-judge panel on Thursday rejected Earl Bradley's claims that his trial and appeal attorneys were ineffective, and that he was denied the right to have an attorney of his choosing. In a 21-page opinion, the panel upheld a Superior Court judge's ruling similarly dismissing those post-conviction arguments.

Bradley is serving 14 life sentences.

In 2012 the state Supreme Court rejected Bradley's argument that homemade videotapes showing him brutally attacking young patients, including infants, were seized illegally because police used a defective search warrant.

According to court records, police were able to document more than 100 incidents of sexual abuse. Prosecutors presented 89 separate incidents captured on video recorded by Bradley between 1998 and 2009, involving 86 individual children. The vast majority of victims were infants and toddlers, with an average age of about 3.

He was convicted by a judge in 2011. He waived his right to a jury trial after a motion to suppress evidence was denied.

Bradley, who was represented by public defenders, argued in his latest appeal that he was unable to afford an attorney of his choosing after the state filed a civil racketeering claim against him and put a lien on his assets.