Case Title: State v. Zych

Citation: 1996-Ohio-7

Docket Number: 19951959

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1996-02-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Zych, Appellant. 
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[Cite as State v. Zych (1996), _____ Ohio St.3d _____.] 
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Appellate procedure -- Application for reopening appeal from 
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judgment and conviction based on claim of ineffective 
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assistance of appellate counsel -- Application denied when no 
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genuine issue as to whether applicant was deprived of the 
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effective assistance of counsel on appeal is present. 
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(No. 95-1959--Submitted January 9, 1996--Decided February 21, 
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1996.) 
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Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Clermont County, No. CA92-
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11-105. 
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Appellant, Jeffrey A. Zych, was convicted of two counts of felonious 
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assault committed in September 1991 and sentenced to prison.  The court of 
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appeals affirmed the convictions and sentence.  State v. Zych (Oct. 4, 1993), 
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Clermont App. No. CA92-11-105, unreported, 1993 WL 390510, appeal 
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dismissed (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 1449, 626 N.E.2d 690. 
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In January 1994, the court of appeals received appellant’s application 
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to reopen his appeal under App.R. 26(B), alleging ineffective assistance of 
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his appellate counsel.  By entry, the court of appeals denied the application, 
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finding that “there is no genuine issue as to whether appellant was deprived 
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of the effective assistance of counsel on appeal[.]” 
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Appellant appeals the denial to this court. 
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Donald W. White, Clermont County Prosecuting Attorney, and David 
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H. Hoffmann, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
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Jeffrey A. Zych, pro se. 
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Per Curiam.  We affirm the decision of the court of appeals for the 
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reasons stated in its entry. 
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Judgment affirmed. 
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MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, WRIGHT, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER 
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and COOK, JJ., concur. 
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