Hanahan & Hinton, LLC, in the News
After Trial Coverage
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Prosecuting attorney Laurence Giegerich and defense attorney Cory Hinton react to the guilty verdict
Michael Zusman trial, July 18, 2014. |
Opening Statement - Cory R. Hinton, ESQ.
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Mentor man accused of fatally injecting woman with heroin goes on trial
Defense attorney Cory Hinton called 22-year-old Danielle Spisak’s heroin overdose death a terrible accident. But prosecuting attorney Laurence Giegerich said the Concord Township woman would likely still be alive if wasn’t for Michael Zusman’s actions. Read full article here: http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20140716/mentor-man-accused-of-fatally-injecting-woman-with-heroin-goes-on-trial |
Georgio's Pizza Robbery
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Georgio's Pizza robber gets 15-year prison sentence
The first time Titus K. Walton met his 3-month-old son in person was the same day he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the role he played in an armed robbery of a Painesville restaurant. Walton, 23, of Cleveland, pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated robbery with firearm and repeat violent offender specifications and three counts of kidnapping back in November in Lake County Common Pleas Court. Read full article here: http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20130103/georgios-pizza-robber-gets-15-year-prison-sentence-with-video |
Bank Robbery Change of Plea
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Juvenile pleads guilty in Willoughby Hills bank robbery
A juvenile faces up to five years in prison for robbing a Willoughby Hills bank and claiming he had a gun and a bomb. Darriyan Sharp, 17, of East Cleveland, walked into PNC Bank on Chardon Road Nov. 20 and gave the teller a note demanding $20,000. The note also stated that he had a weapon and explosives, Assistant Lake County Prosecutor Stephanie Snevel said. Read full article here: http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20150430/juvenile-pleads-guilty-in-willoughby-hills-bank-robbery |
Bank Robbery Sentencing
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Juvenile gets four years in prison for Willoughby Hills bank robbery
Darriyan Sharp said he robbed a Willoughby Hills bank to impress a girl. He also said a gang member from Euclid made him do it or he’d harm his family. Then he claimed the threats against his family were a lie designed to punish the man who turned him in. Read full article here: http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20150603/juvenile-gets-four-years-in-prison-for-willoughby-hills-bank-robbery |
Heroin Involuntary Manslaughter Article
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Northeast Ohio heroin traffickers being injected with new legal weapon: manslaughter charges
Desperate for a solution to the heroin epidemic, prosecutors have started holding drug dealers responsible for their clients’ overdose deaths. Michael Zusman, a 25-year-old Mentor man, was sentenced last month to 121/2 years in prison. A jury convicted him of injecting 22-year-old Concord Township resident Danielle Spisak with heroin in May 2013 and then not calling 911 as she lay dying at his home. Zusman was the first dealer in Lake County to be charged with involuntary manslaughter. Read full article here: http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20140811/northeast-ohio-heroin-traffickers-being-injected-with-new-legal-weapon-manslaughter-charges |