Prosecutors say Mr. Dimora engaged in pay-to-play practices that started shortly after he took office.
When the FBI arrested Mr. Dimora in 2010, it had collected more than 60, 000 wiretapped conversations.
Mr. Dimora shaved for the trial, so the Dimora puppet has a removable beard.
Mr. Dimora didn't testify in his own defense, which rested its case Friday, but he has maintained his innocence.
Mr. Dimora's attorneys rested their case on Friday after calling only eight witnesses.
Mr. Dimora, 56 years old, faces a possible 500-year prison sentence if convicted.
Mr. Dimora's attorneys said their client didn't take any bribes and was only helping constituents navigate the maze of county government.
Mr. Dimora's alleged partner in crime was Frank Russo, the county auditor.
Mr. Dimora's defense attorney William Whitaker isn't thrilled with the depiction.
In a sketch this week, the Puppet's Court portrayed them throwing paper in the air while the beardless Mr. Dimora sat between them, holding his face in his hands.
Big, boisterous and articulate, Mr. Dimora won a seat on the Bedford Heights City Council in 1977 and, then, at the age of 26, the first of four terms as mayor.
"It's really theater of the absurd, " says Edward FitzGerald, a former FBI agent who won the position of Cuyahoga County executive after fed-up residents here disbanded the old county commission form of government under Mr. Dimora.
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