CITY OF PARMA v. BATTAIA

No. 96569.

2012 Ohio 173

City of Parma, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Geno Battaia, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: January 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin M. Smith , The J. M. Smith Co., L.P.A., 24400 Highpoint Road, Suite 7, Beachwood, Ohio 44122, Attorney for Appellant.

Timothy G. Dobeck , Law Director/Chief Prosecutor, City of Parma, BY: Karl R. Wetzel , Senior Assistant Prosecutor, 6611 Ridge Road, Parma, Ohio 44129, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before: Celebrezze, P.J., S. Gallagher, J., and E. Gallagher, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR.,, P.J.

{¶ 1} Appellant, Geno Battaia, appeals from three misdemeanor convictions for criminal damaging and disorderly conduct. Battaia argues that his right to counsel was violated when the trial court did not properly advise him of the dangers of proceeding without an attorney when he dismissed his court appointed counsel just before trial, and that the trial court should have continued...

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