Case Title: State v. Bass

Citation: 1995-Ohio-173

Docket Number: 19942301

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1995-03-22T00:00:00Z

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The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Bass, Appellant.                                 
[Cite as State v. Bass (1995),          Ohio St. 3d        .]                    
Appellate procedure -- App.R. 26(B) -- Application for                           
     reopening appeal from judgment and conviction based on                      
     claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel --                     
     Application denied when not filed within ninety days after                  
     journalization of appellate judgment and the appellate                      
     court finds no genuine issue of ineffective assistance of                   
     appellate counsel.                                                          
     (No. 94-2301 -- Submitted January 24, 1995 -- Decided                       
March 22, 1995.)                                                                 
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Allen County, No.                      
1-90-43.                                                                         
     Appellant, Dexter A. Bass, pled guilty to murder and, by                    
judgment entry of March 30, 1990, was sentenced to fifteen                       
years to life imprisonment and fined $10,000.  Pursuant to                       
appellant's motion, the Court of Appeals for Allen County                        
dismissed his direct appeal by journal entry of December 26,                     
1990.  Thereafter, appellant filed an application to reopen his                  
direct appeal pursuant to App. R. 26 (B), alleging ineffective                   
assistance of appellate counsel.  The court of appeals denied                    
the application, finding that appellant had failed to file the                   
application within ninety days after journalization of the                       
appellate judgment or to show good cause for filing later, as                    
required by App. R. 26 (B) (1), and that there was no genuine                    
issue of ineffective assistance of counsel because appellant's                   
appeal had been dismissed pursuant to his affidavit and motion                   
to withdraw the appeal.                                                          
     Appellant appeals the decision of the court of appeals to                   
this court.                                                                      
                                                                                 
     David E. Bowers, Allen County Prosecuting Attorney, and                     
Gary R. Hermon, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.                    
     Dexter A. Bass, pro se.                                                     
                                                                                 
     Per Curiam.  The decision of the court of appeals is                        
affirmed for the reasons stated in its opinion.                                  
                                    Judgment affirmed.                           
     Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney,                        
Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.