Cuyahoga judge says 'no' to Yavorcik motion to dismiss

CLEVELAND

The Oakhill Renaissance Place criminal-corruption case judge rejected a motion from defendant Martin Yavorcik to dismiss over a lack of venue.

Judge Janet R. Burnside of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court didn’t have much to say in her decision filed late Tuesday.

“In response to defendant’s 9/29/2015 filing of motion to dismiss for lack of venue, motion is denied” is all she wrote in a journal entry.

The judge had denied similar venue motions in June from Youngstown Mayor John A. McNally and ex-Mahoning County Auditor Michael V. Sciortino, the two other defendants.

In that Sept. 29 motion, Mark Lavelle, Yavorcik’s attorney, wrote that none of the elements of his client’s supposed criminal offenses occurred in Cuyahoga County, where the case is being heard.

Read more about the case and the ruling in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.