(AP) – A federal appeals court panel has upheld the bribery
conviction and 10-year prison sentence for a former Arkansas judge who admitted
to reducing a jury award against a nursing home operator in exchange for
campaign contributions.
conviction and 10-year prison sentence for a former Arkansas judge who admitted
to reducing a jury award against a nursing home operator in exchange for
campaign contributions.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld the conviction Monday of
former circuit judge Michael Maggio, who accepted thousands in campaign
donations from the nursing home operator before reducing a jury’s $5.2 million
award to $1 million in a negligence lawsuit. Maggio tried unsuccessfully last
year to withdraw his guilty plea. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison but had
been allowed to remain free pending his appeal.
Maggio’s attorneys had argued he should have been allowed to withdraw his
guilty plea and that his sentence was unreasonable.
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