 Wood allowed both to remain free on bail pending appeals based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in "McDonnell v. United States", in which the court reversed the corruption conviction of a former Virginia Governor.On September 26, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the convictions and ordered a retrial, arguing that the district judge had given the jury improper instructions.However the panel wrote that the government's evidence appeared to be sufficient to allow a properly instructed jury to convict the Skeloses, as there was enough evidence to establish that there had been a quid pro quo arrangement in each of the schemes at issue.