CLEVELAND (AP) - An Ohio appeals court has vacated the conviction of an attorney accused of promising to quash a corruption investigation in exchange for help getting elected county prosecutor saying his trial was held in the wrong county.
The 8th District Court of Appeals in a ruling Thursday said Martin Yavorcik’s 2016 jury trial on bribery, corruption and racketeering charges should not have held in Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County because prosecutors alleged that most of his crimes occurred in Mahoning County.
The 44-year-old Youngstown resident represented himself at trial. He received a year of home detention despite being convicted of multiple felony charges.
A spokesman says the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, which helped try the case in Cleveland, is considering whether to appeal Thursday’s ruling to the Ohio Supreme Court.
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