STATE EX REL. WATKINS v. FIORENZO

No. 94-2446.

71 Ohio St.3d 259 (1994)

THE STATE EX REL. WATKINS, PROS. ATTY., v. FIORENZO, CTY. ENG.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County Prosecuting Attorney, and Patrick F. McCarthy, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for relator.

Charles E. Dunlap, Don L. Hanni, Jr., and J. Walter Dragelevich, for respondent.


Per Curiam.

R.C. 2733.14 provides that when a respondent "in an action in quo warranto is found guilty of usurping, intruding into, or unlawfully holding or exercising an office, * * * judgment shall be rendered that he be ousted and excluded therefrom, and that the relator recover his costs." "A public official * * * who is convicted of or pleads guilty to, theft in office [R.C. 2921.41(A)] is forever disqualified...

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