State v. Homesales, Inc.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, the city of Cincinnati, appeals the decision of the trial court dismissing its criminal prosecution of defendant-appellee, Homesales, Inc., the absentee corporate owner of a dilapidated and condemned property located at 2619 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Homesales had repeatedly ignored the orders of the city’s director of buildings and inspections to remedy the numerous and serious defects in the property. The city ultimately filed a criminal complaint in Hamilton County Municipal Court alleging that Homesales’s failure to comply with the director’s lawful…