Yavorchik wants attorneys to withdraw

CLEVELAND

The lawyers for Atty. Martin Yavorcik, one of the three defendants in the Oakhill Renaissance Place criminal conspiracy case, asked a judge to withdraw as his legal counsel.

Yavorcik wants to represent himself, according to the legal filing.

The motion came from Jennifer J. Scott and William L. Summers, who have represented Yavorcik, who was indicted May 14 with Youngstown Mayor John A. McNally and Mahoning County Auditor Michael V. Sciortino.

The latter two are Democrats while Yavorcik is an independent who unsuccessfully ran for county prosecutor in 2008.

Judge Janet R. Burnside of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, who is overseeing this case, hadn’t decided as of Tuesday on the request.

The motion from Scott and Summers doesn’t explain why they want to withdraw from the case. Attempts on Tuesday to reach the attorneys and Yavorcik by The Vindicator weren’t successful.

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