State v. Burchfield

Gene Donofrio, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, state of Ohio, by and through the Jefferson County Prosecutor’s Office, appeals from an order of the Jefferson County Common Pleas Court ordering the enforcement of alleged plea agreements between defendants-appel-lees, Gary Burchfield and Leon Stinson, and a special prosecutor representing the Steubenville, Ohio Law Director’s Office.

Appellees are and were at all times relevant hereto employed as police officers for the city of Steubenville, Ohio. In February of 1994, appellee Stinson became the focus of an investigation being conducted by the office…