Sheldon Silver, Speaker of the New York State Assembly, attends the opening ceremony of the building, the first tower to open at the original site of the World Trade Center in New York, NY. on November 13, 2013. The office building has 72 floors, is 978 feet tall and offers 2,500,000 square feet of space.(Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won’t take up the case of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who’s serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence after being convicted in a corruption case.
The high court on Monday declined to take up the Democrat’s appeal. Silver once was one of the three most powerful state officials. He was ousted as speaker in 2015 and was convicted later that year.
Silver’s original conviction was overturned on appeal, but Silver was convicted again in 2018. Part of that conviction was then tossed out on another appeal, leading to yet another sentencing in July.
The 76-year-old Silver began serving his sentence in August.
