The Supreme Court issued a much anticipated ruling in a bribery case out of Indiana that could put those Illinois cases in doubt.
Could indicted former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan have his federal corruption case dismissed? And could the convictions of the related "ComEd Four" defendants be overturned?The court ruled 6-3 that an Indiana mayor was not guilty of bribery for taking a $13,000 payment from a garbage company that he had awarded a public contract to.
On Wednesday, an attorney for convicted former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore said her conviction should be overturned."The Supreme Court made clear that what Anne Pramaggiore was charged with is not a crime," said Pramaggiore’s attorney, Scott Lassar.Patrick Cotter, an attorney for "ComEd Four" defendant Mike McClain, who was known as Madigan’s political fixer, said the case should be thrown out.
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