Case Title: State v. Carpenter

Citation: 1994-Ohio-476

Docket Number: 19860413

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1994-10-19T00:00:00Z

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The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Carpenter, Appellant.                            
[Cite as State v. Carpenter (1994),       Ohio St.3d      .                      
Motion for delayed reinstatement of appeal denied.                               
    (No. 86-413 -- Submitted August 17, 1994 -- Decided October                  
19, 1994.)                                                                       
    On Motion for Delayed Reinstatement of Appeal.                               
    Appellant, Danny Carpenter, was convicted of murder, three                   
counts of felonious assault, and three counts of aggravated                      
robbery, all with firearm specifications.  On direct appeal as                   
of right, the court of appeals affirmed.  State v. Carpenter                     
(Jan. 15, 1986), Cuyahoga App. No. 49951, unreported.  We                        
overruled Carpenter's motion for leave to appeal and dismissed                   
his claimed appeal as of right on May 21, 1986, in case No.                      
86-413.  Carpenter subsequently filed a motion in the court of                   
appeals for delayed reconsideration of his direct appeal under                   
App.R.26(B), claiming that he had lacked effective assistance                    
of counsel on his first appeal as of right.  (See State v.                       
Murnahan [1992], 63 Ohio St.3d 60, 584 N.E.2d 1204.)  The court                  
of appeals denied reconsideration, State v. Carpenter (May 18,                   
1994), Cuyahoga App. No. 49951, unreported, and we affirmed                      
that judgment, State v. Carpenter (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d                          
1408,     N.E.2d     .  Carpenter also petitioned the trial                      
court for collateral post-conviction relief; that petition was                   
denied, and the court of appeals affirmed the denial.  State v.                  
Carpenter (June 30, 1994), Cuyahoga App. No. 65722,                              
unreported.  Carpenter now claims that he lacked effective                       
assistance of counsel in 1986 when seeking to appeal to this                     
court; he therefore asks us to reinstate his appeal under                        
S.Ct.Prac.R. XI(1)(B).                                                           
    We deny the motion.  Carpenter's 1986 appeal to this court                   
was neither a first appeal nor an appeal as of right.  He                        
therefore had no constitutional right to counsel, hence no                       
constitutional right to effective assistance.  See State v.                      
Buell (1994),    Ohio St.3d      ,      N.E.2d     .                             
                                    Motion denied.                               
    Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E.                    
Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.