State v. Brown

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Defendants-appellants, Clyde D. Brown, M.D. and Clyde D. Brown, M.D. & Associates, Inc., appeal from judgments of conviction rendered in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.

Appellants were indicted in a seven-count indictment. The first three counts of the indictment were against Dr. Brown personally, and the remaining four counts were against Dr. Brown’s corporation. Counts one, two, four, five and six of the indictment alleged Medicaid fraud, a violation of R.C. 2913.40. Counts three and seven alleged theft by deception, a violation of R.C. 2913.02(A)(3).

After the…