Oakhill hearing is postponed until Oct. 13

CLEVELAND — A postponed hearing in the Oakhill Renaissance Place criminal-corruption case is rescheduled for Oct. 13.

At the hearing, attorneys for two defendants – Youngstown Mayor John A. McNally and ex-Mahoning County Auditor Michael V. Sciortino – will argue that prosecutors are withholding about 1,300 hours of secretly recorded tapes.

Prosecutors have repeatedly stated confidential witnesses made about 700 hours of recordings, and all of those tapes have been given to defense attorneys.

The defense says based on past statements there are 2,000 hours of such tapes. Prosecutors say the 2,000 hours was an “off-the-cuff” estimate and the actual amount is about 700 hours.

The hearing was to take place today, but Judge Janet R. Burnside of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, who is overseeing the case, postponed it at the request of the defense.

John B. Juhasz, Sciortino’s attorney, asked for the delay because of the death of his mother.

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