Case Title: State v. McKinzie

Citation: 1996-Ohio-40

Docket Number: 19952405

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1996-06-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. McKinzie, Appellant. 
[Cite as State v. McKinzie (1996), _____ Ohio St.3d ______.] 
Appellate procedure -- Application for reopening appeal from 
judgment and conviction based on claim of ineffective 
assistance of appellate counsel -- Application denied when 
there is no genuine issue as to whether applicant was 
deprived of the effective assistance of counsel on appeal. 
 
(No. 95-2405--Submitted April 15, 1996--Decided June 5, 1996.) 
 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Butler County, No. CA90-12-
235. 
 
Appellant, Jermaine McKinzie, was convicted of the May 1990 
murder of Michael Riley and sentenced to prison.  Upon appeal, the court of 
appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence.  State v. McKinzie (Sept. 23, 
1991), Butler App. No. CA90-12-235, unreported, 1991 WL 188168, appeal 
dismissed (1992), 62 Ohio St.3d 1500, 583 N.E.2d 972. 
 
In August 1995, McKinzie filed with the court of appeals an 
application to reopen his appeal under App.R. 26(B), alleging ineffective 
assistance of appellate counsel.  The court of appeals analyzed McKinzie’s 
claims and concluded that “there is no genuine issue as to whether appellant 
 
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was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel on appeal.”  See App.R. 
26(B)(5).  The court of appeals denied his application to reopen, and 
McKinzie appeals that denial to this court. 
_________________________ 
 
John F. Holcomb, Butler County Prosecuting Attorney, Daniel G. 
Eichel and John J. McCracken, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for 
appellee. 
 
H. Fred Hoefle, for appellant. 
___________________________ 
 
Per Curiam.  We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals for the 
reasons stated in its entry. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Judgment affirmed.  
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK 
and STRATTON, JJ., concur.