The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied former Circuit Judge Michael Maggio's petition to review his federal bribery conviction.
It did not appear the court offered any comment on its decision. The U.S. solicitor general, who represents the federal government in high-court cases, had earlier waived any comment on the petition.
Maggio is serving a 10-year prison sentence. He pleaded guilty to bribery in January 2015 and was sentenced earlier this year. He implicated two other people in his plea agreement: nursing-home owner and campaign financier Michael Morton of Fort Smith and lobbyist and former state Senator Gilbert Baker of Conway.
The agreement did not identify Baker and Morton by name, but they have said they were the individuals discussed in it. Both have denied wrongdoing and have not been charged with a crime.
Maggio later sought to withdraw his guilty plea. He said he was badgered into it.
As a judge, Maggio presided over cases in Faulkner, Van Buren and Searcy counties.
Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.