State v. Adams

Defendant-appellee, John Adams, pled no contest to two counts of bribery in violation of R.C. 2921.02 in the Miami County Court of Common Pleas. The trial court found him guilty of the two counts, and judgment and sentence were thereupon entered.

Thereafter, Adams filed a motion for return .of property with the trial court, the state countering by filing a motion that the money be retained by the city of Piqua. The property consisted of five one hundred dollar bills, and one twenty dollar bill. The record indicates that defendant paid Sam Shaw, city of Piqua Power Plant Superintendent, twenty…