It is time to turn to the matter of the self-promotion of Medina County elected prosecutor DINO HOLMAN. Of course, to do this, I must turn to several sources of public information, readily available to the reader.
It is first necessary to turn to DINO's current web page, found at http://www.medinacountyprosecutor.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=3. You will notice that DINO's current web page states explicitly, "Mr. Holman is currently President of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association (OPAA). "
Next, it is necessary to turn to the website of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association (OPAA), an organization of which HOLMAN claims to be currently the president. The website of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association can be found at http://www.ohiopa.org/board.htm.
If you elect to go to the OPAA website, you will find that the current president of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association is Ms. Sherry L. Bevan Walsh, the Summit County Prosecutor.
Giving the devil his due, DINO is listed as a past president, apparently several years ago!
It would appear that DINO is just as truthful about his current credentials as he is honest when he railroads INDICTED defendants in the Medina County courts.
Next we turn to a self-serving interview that DINO gave to the Medina Gazette prior to the November 2008 General Election. The article, referenced in an earlier segment of this blog, can be found at http://medinagazette.northcoastnow.com/2008/10/06/holman-russica-to-face-off-in-nov/.
The first thing of which I take notice is that DINO's challenger in the 2008 election, Mario Russica, has honorably served his country in the United States Marine Corps.
DINO, however, has not had any such honorable service to tout, and understandably so. Perhaps if DINO had served in the Armed Forces, he might have some measure of respect and reverence for the United States Constitution, which he obviously lacks.
Mr. Russica, where are you now? The citizens of Medina County need you, now more than ever!
Next DINO touts that his office actually subpoenaed 10 out-of-state witnesses to trial. Now that is certainly something to be proud of, actually preparing and mailing ten subpoenas to ten witnesses. I suspect that most of the readers of this blog mail as many as ten or more envelopes out of the State of Ohio when paying monthly bills. You should all be equally as proud as DINO over this feat.
Next, and really telling, DINO boasted about the lengthy sentences meted out to two INDICTED defendants in the Medina County courts. DINO, however, failed to mention that he likely dictated those lengthy prison sentences to COLLIER, who, in strict obedience to HOLMAN, simply imposed the Holman-mandated lengthy prison sentences upon these two defendants.
You can verify, for yourselves, that COLLIER did indeed sentence both of the defendants named in the article by reviewing the online dockets published by the Medina County Clerk of Courts at http://www.co.medina.oh.us/clerk/clrkhome.htm. You don't suppose that HOLMAN is steering high profile cases, with defendants deserving maximum punishment (according to DINO), to COLLIER, do you?
Of course, in the same article as presented earlier, DINO touts his questionable 98% conviction rate, obtained only by violating the constitutional rights of that 98% of convicted and punished defendants.
Predictably, DINO expressed his opposition to open discovery. Open Discovery means nothing more than a defendant has complete access to the prosecutor's file.
HOLMAN makes the disingenuous argument that an open discovery policy would prevent victims from coming forward. What he actually means is that it will be more difficult for him and his criminal assistants to conceal exculpatory evidence from the defense, a common practice in his office.
In fact, HOLMAN and his criminal assistants prefer to give no discovery at all to INDICTED defendants. There is ample evidence of this.
For example, Rule 16 of the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure, at Staff Notes to Division (A), to be found at http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/LegalResources/Rules/criminal/CriminalProcedure.pdf,
expressly states, "The rule accelerates the timing of the exchange of materials..." NOT IN MEDINA COUNTY!
In fact, contrary to the expressed intent of Rule 16 to expedite the exchange of discoverable material, DINO has established his own inner-office Ten Day Rule. What that means, is that, as a matter of policy, DINO and his criminal assistants delay furnishing discovery and do not reply to requests for discovery, filed by attorneys, until the request has been in DINO's office for ten days.
The purpose of the delay by DINO is to eat up the clock so as to deprive defense attorneys the opportunity to adequately prepare other motions which must meet specific deadlines.
THAT DINO HOLMAN IS A SLY OLD FOX, ISN'T HE? HE LIES TO JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY!
MUCH MORE TO COME ....
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