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(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Sheldon Silver, the once-powerful New York State Assembly Speaker, of his conviction on corruption charges that resulted in a 6-1/2-year prison sentence.
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Silver, 76, began serving his sentence last August despite being in poor health. He had appealed the portions of his 2018 conviction that were upheld in January 2020 by the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Two conservative justices, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, said they would have taken up Silver’s appeal.
Meir Feder, a lawyer for Silver, declined to comment.