State v. Cheren

Ohio Supreme Court
State v. Cheren, 1995 Ohio 140 (Ohio 1995)
73 Ohio St. 3d 138

State v. Cheren

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 73 Ohio St.3d 138.]

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. CHEREN, APPELLANT. [Cite as State v. Cheren, 1995-Ohio-140.] Appellate procedure—Successive application for reopening appeal from judgment and conviction based on claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel—Application denied because App.R. 26(B) makes no provision for successive applications to reopen. (No. 95-0038—Submitted April 18, 1995—Decided August 16, 1995.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Summit County, No. 15752. __________________ {¶ 1} Appellant, Oles Cheren, was convicted of abduction, attempted rape and gross sexual imposition. The Court of Appeals for Summit County affirmed the judgment of the trial court. State v. Cheren (July 21, 1993), Summit App. No. 15752, unreported, 1993 WL 278168. {¶ 2} Appellant filed an application to reopen the appellate judgment pursuant to App. R. 26(B), arguing ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. The application was denied by the court of appeals. The appellate court found that a failure to object to every error in the record did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel. State v. Cheren (Sept. 14, 1993), Summit App. No. 15752, unreported. {¶ 3} On October 27, 1994, appellant filed another application to reopen, again arguing ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. To show good cause for the thirteen-month delay, appellant stated that his appellate counsel had recently admitted that she filed his appeal without a complete trial transcript. On December 2, 1994, the court of appeals ruled that the appellant had failed to show good cause for untimely filing, and denied the second application to reopen. __________________ SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

Maureen O'Connor, Summit County Prosecuting Attorney, and William D. Wellemeyer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. Oles Cheren, pro se. __________________ Per Curiam. {¶ 4} The decision of the court of appeals denying this successive application is affirmed on the basis of State v. Peeples (1995), 73 Ohio St.3d, N.E.2d, decided today. Judgment affirmed. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, WRIGHT, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. COOK, J., not participating. __________________

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Appellate procedure—Successive application for reopening appeal from judgment and conviction based on claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel—Application denied because App.R. 26(B) makes no provision for successive applications to reopen.