Bloomberg BNA:

he U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of a petition for review of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s (D) corruption case could signal that the justices are unlikely to overturn the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell (R) according to a prominent legal expert (Blagojevich v. U.S., U.S., No. 15-664, cert. denied 3/28/16).

Blagojevich currently is serving a 14-year prison sentence following his 2011 conviction on charges of extorting campaign contributions and seeking personal benefits in return for favors he offered as governor. The Supreme Court denied March 28 a petition filed by his lawyers asking for review of a federal appeals court ruling that upheld 13 of the 18 corruption counts on which Blagojevich was convicted.