The United States Supreme Court once again declined Monday to hear an appeal from former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The high court first denied Blagojevich’s appeal in March. Blagojevich’s lawyers petitioned for a rehearing last month, and the Supreme Court turned him down without comment in an order posted Monday on the court’s website.
Blagojevich, 59, reported to a federal prison in Colorado four years ago to begin serving a 14-year sentence. He was convicted of 18 counts over two trials, including that he attempted to trade his power to appoint someone to a U.S. Senate seat — the one recently vacated by President Barack Obama — in exchange for personal benefits.
A three-judge panel tossed nearly a third of the counts against Blagojevich last year and ordered him to be re-sentenced. That hearing is set for Aug. 9.
