STATE v. ITALIANO

No. 84-968.

18 Ohio St. 3d 38 (1985)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. ITALIANO, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, and N. Stephen Nigolian, for appellee.

Cassidy & Mottl and Paul W. Cassidy, for appellant.


REILLY, J.

Defendant-appellant's first two propositions of law raise but one issue: whether the state proved that defendant gave money to the officers with the purpose to influence them in the discharge of their duties. Defendant argues that the officers' sole duty at the pretrial is to relate the operative facts to the prosecutor, and that it is only the prosecutor who is empowered to negotiate a reduction of the charge. As a one-time city prosecutor and an experienced...

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