City of Shaker Heights v. Green, Unpublished Decision (7-31-2003)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal by Friendly Green Jr., from his conviction, before Shaker Heights Municipal Acting Judge Cornelia Byrne, following his plea of no contest to a charge of housing noncompliance.1 He contends that his discharge in bankruptcy of an underlying debt on his property divested the judge of jurisdiction over the controversy. Additionally, because Bank of New York ("the Bank"), a mortgagee seeking to foreclose on his property, prevented him from entering it to fix the code violations, he claims he no longer "possessed" it and could not be found guilty of…