Case Title: State v. Tyler

Citation: 1994-Ohio-8

Docket Number: 19941636

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1994-12-30T00:00:00Z

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The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Tyler, Appellant.                                
[Cite as State v. Tyler (1994),       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                  
     issues raised are res judicata.                                             
     (No. 94-1636 -- Submitted November 1, 1994 -- Decided                       
December 30, 1994.)                                                              
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No.                   
51696.                                                                           
     Appellant, Arthur Tyler, was convicted of aggravated                        
murder with  felony-murder and firearm specifications, and                       
aggravated robbery, and was sentenced to death.  The court of                    
appeals affirmed the convictions.  This court affirmed the                       
appellate court.  State v. Tyler (1990), 50 Ohio St. 3d 24, 553                  
N.E. 2d 576.  He subsequently filed an application for delayed                   
reconsideration in the court of appeals, it seems on or about                    
June 30, 1993, pursuant to State v. Murnahan (1992), 63 Ohio                     
St. 3d 60, 584 N.E. 2d 1204, arguing that his appellate counsel                  
at the court of appeals was ineffective by failing to raise one                  
hundred twenty-one additional assignments of error.  The court                   
of appeals denied the application, holding that the issues were                  
res judicata because appellant, who filed his own supplemental                   
brief at the court of appeals, could have raised the issues                      
there, since he raised others, and because he had new counsel                    
on direct appeal to this court who could have raised the issues                  
there.  Appellant  now appeals  that decision.                                   
                                                                                 
     Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting                          
Attorney, and Karen L. Johnson, for appellee.                                    
     David H. Bodiker,  Ohio Public Defender, Pamela                             
Prude-Smithers and Randall L. Porter, Assistant State Public                     
Defenders, for appellant.                                                        
                                                                                 
     Per Curiam.  The decision of the court of appeals is                        
affirmed for the reasons stated in its opinion.                                  
                                    Judgment accordingly.                        
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney                   
and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.                                                        
     Wright, J., dissents.