State v. Wright

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The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Wright, Appellant.
[Cite as State v. Wright (1994),       Ohio St.3d      .]
Appellate procedure -- Application for reopening appeal from
     judgment of conviction based on claim of ineffective
     assistance of appellate counsel -- Application denied when
     not timely filed under App.R. 26.
     (No. 94-1210 -- Submitted August 17, 1994 -- Decided
November 9, 1994.)
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No.
58953.
     Appellant, Jeffrey P. Wright, alleges he was convicted of
one count of aggravated burglary, one count of aggravated
robbery, one count of felonious assault, and one count of
kidnapping. He was sentenced accordingly. He appealed, and
the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County affirmed the
conviction by judgment entry of August 22, 1991. In 1993, he
applied to the court of appeals under App. R. 26(B) to reopen
the appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence,
alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. The
court of appeals denied the application on the basis that it
was not timely filed under App. R. 26. Appellant appeals the
denial to this court.

     Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting
Attorney, and Laurence R. Snyder, Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney, for appellee.
     Jeffrey P. Wright, pro se.

     Per Curiam. The decision of the court of appeals is
affirmed for the reasons stated by the court of appeals.
                                   Judgment affirmed.
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E.
Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.