Supreme Court Tosses Ex-Virginia Governor's Corruption Conviction
28 6월 2016 - 12:30AM
Dow Jones News
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously threw out the
corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, ruling
he may have been convicted of conduct that isn't illegal.
The court, in an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, said the
Justice Department's theory of the case and the instructions given
to the jury were too broad and could potentially criminalize
conduct that politicians engage in routinely.
Mr. McDonnell, a Republican, was indicted just days after he
left office in January 2014. A jury that September found him guilty
of 11 corruption-related counts, and a judge sentenced him to two
years in prison, though he had remained free while the case was on
appeal.
Prosecutors alleged the former governor and his wife, Maureen,
secretly accepted more than $175,000 in gifts and loans from a
wealthy local businessman who sought favorable government
consideration for his dietary supplement company, Star Scientific.
Ms. McDonnell was also convicted in the case.
Write to Brent Kendall at brent.kendall@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 27, 2016 11:15 ET (15:15 GMT)
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