Legal Opinion
United States v. Rod Blagojevich
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 2015No. 11-3853PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Rod Blagojevich was convicted of 18 crimes after two jury trials. The crimes include attempted extortion from campaign contributors, corrupt solicitation of funds, wire fraud, and lying to federal investigators. The first trial ended with a conviction on the false-statement count and a mistrial on the others after the jury could not agree. The second trial produced convictions on 17 additional counts. At the time of his arrest in December 2008, Bla-gojevich was Governor of Illinois; the state legislature impeached and removed him from office the next month. The…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Cheek v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by28 opinions
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