Charged with accepting bribes while governor and vice-president, he resigned on Oct. 10, 1973. He pleaded no contest to one count of income tax evasion and was sentenced to three years' probation and fined $10,000. In 1983, as a result of a civil suit, he paid Maryland $270,000 as reimbursement for kickbacks he allegedly received. He wrote a novel, The Canfield Decision, in 1976. He died in Sept. 17, 1996 in his home state of Maryland.