Four people convicted of conspiring to bribe then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to benefit ComEd want their fast-approaching sentencings put on hold as the Supreme Court considers a separate case, arguing its ruling could prove “fatal” to the verdict against them.
The case picked up Wednesday by the high court revolves around a statute central to the convictions in this year’s ComEd bribery trial — as well as a long-running dispute in Chicago’s federal court.
