Case Title: State v. Buell

Citation: 1994-Ohio-475

Docket Number: 19850712

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1994-09-28T00:00:00Z

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The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Buell, Appellant.                                
[Cite as State v. Buell (1994),       Ohio St.3d     .]                          
Motion for delayed reinstatement of appeal denied.                               
     (No. 85-712 -- Submitted July 27, 1994 -- Decided                           
September 28, 1994.)                                                             
                                                                                 
     David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, Randall L. Porter                   
and J. Joseph Bodine, Jr., Assistant Public Defenders, for                       
appellant.                                                                       
                                                                                 
     On Motion for Delayed Reinstatement of Appeal.                              
     Appellant, Robert Buell, was convicted of aggravated                        
murder and sentenced to death in 1984.  On direct appeal as of                   
right, the court of appeals affirmed the conviction and                          
sentence.  State v. Buell (Apr. 11, 1985), Cuyahoga App. No.                     
48621, unreported.  Buell then appealed as of right to this                      
court, and we also affirmed.  State v. Buell (1986). 22 Ohio                     
St.3d 124, 22 OBR 203, 489 N.E.2d 795, certiorari denied                         
(1986), 479 U.S. 871, 107 S.Ct. 240, 93 L.Ed.2d 165.  Buell                      
then petitioned the trial court for collateral postconviction                    
relief; that petition was denied, and the court of appeals                       
affirmed the denial.  State v. Buell (Aug. 22, 1991), Cuyahoga                   
App. No. 57197, unreported.  We denied review of that judgment                   
on January 29, 1992.  State v. Buell (1992), 62 Ohio St.3d                       
1508, 583 N.E.2d 1320.  Next, Buell filed a motion for delayed                   
reconsideration of his direct appeal in the court of appeals,                    
pursuant to App.R.26 and 14(B), claiming that he had been                        
denied effective assistance of counsel when the court of                         
appeals first considered his case in 1985.  (See State v.                        
Murnahan [1992], 63 Ohio St.3d 60, 584 N.E.2d 1204.)  The court                  
of appeals denied reconsideration, State v. Buell (Sept. 21,                     
1992), Cuyahoga App. No. 31875, unreported, and we affirmed                      
that judgment on November 17, 1993.  State v. Buell (1993), 67                   
Ohio St.3d 1500, 622 N.E.2d 649.  Buell now claims that he did                   
not receive the effective assistance of counsel in his 1986                      
direct appeal to this court, and for that reason asks us to                      
reinstate his direct appeal pursuant to S.Ct.Prac.R. XI,                         
Section 1(B).                                                                    
     We deny the motion.  Buell's 1986 appeal to this court was                  
his second appeal.  "[T]he right to appointed counsel extends                    
to the first appeal as of right, and no further."  (Emphasis                     
added.)  Pennsylvania v. Finley (1987), 481 U.S. 551, 555, 107                   
S.Ct. 1990, 1993, 95 L.Ed.2d 539, 545.  See, also, Evitts v.                     
Lucey (1985), 469 U.S. 387, 394, 105 S.Ct. 830, 834-835, 83                      
L.Ed.2d 821, 828.  Having no constitutional right to counsel on                  
a second appeal, Buell had no constitutional right to the                        
effective assistance of counsel.  See Wainwright v. Torna                        
(1982), 455 U.S. 586, 587-588, 102 S.Ct. 1300, 1301, 71 L.Ed.2d                  
475, 477-478; Evitts, supra, 469 U.S. at 397, 105 S.Ct. at 836,                  
83 L.Ed.2d at 830, fn.7.                                                         
                                    Motion denied.                               
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney                   
and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.                                                        
     Wright, J., concurs in judgment only.