U.S. v. BLAGOJEVICH

No. 16-3254.

854 F.3d 918 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rod BLAGOJEVICH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 21, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra Riggs Bonamici , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Leonard Goodman , Attorney, Len Goodman Law Office LLC, Michael Bernard Nash , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Easterbrook, Kanne, and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


Rod Blagojevich was convicted of 18 crimes committed while he was Governor of Illinois. The district court sentenced him to 168 months' imprisonment. Our initial opinion vacated five of the convictions but affirmed the others and remanded for a potential retrial on the five vacated charges and for resentencing.

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