McDonnell asks full 4th Circuit to reconsider his appeal

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McDonnell asks full 4th Circuit to reconsider his appeal

Posted: Friday, July 24, 2015 10:45 am

BY FRANK GREEN Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Former Gov. Bob McDonnell is asking the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals or a panel of the court to reconsider his appeal of 11 corruption convictions.

On July 10 a three-judge panel of the Richmond-based appeals court upheld the convictions, holding in part that McDonnell: "received a fair trial and was duly convicted by a jury of his fellow Virginians." ... U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer had sentenced McDonnell to two years in prison, but he remains free pending his appeal to the court, {sic}

The appeals court ruling left McDonnell with the option of appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court or asking that all of the 4th Circuit's 15 judges reconsider the appeal.

Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law who has long studied the Richmond-based appeals court, said he believes it is unlikely the judges will grant what is called an "en banc" rehearing in the case.

[westerebus]

1. McDonnell can wait on his appeal in jail, just like any other criminal.

The judge could have sentenced him to ten years.