The 20-year-old is one of eight men who were recently sentenced to prison after the violence in Sveaparken in Örebro last Easter.
The man was sentenced to five years in prison - a sentence that has now been appealed.
What the defense wants to have tested is the line drawn between gross sabotage against blue light operations and violent riot.
The 20-year-old demands that he be acquitted of responsibility for gross sabotage against blue light operations.
Alternatively, he wants the acts to instead be classified as violent riots with a reduced penalty.
According to the appeal, the crime of gross sabotage against blue light operations has never before been tried in HD.