Case Title: State v. Porter

Citation: 1994-Ohio-49

Docket Number: 19940865

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1994-11-09T00:00:00Z

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The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Porter, Appellant.                               
[Cite as State v. Porter (1994),      Ohio St.3d      .]                         
Appellate procedure -- App.R. 26(B) -- Application for                           
     reopening appeal from judgment of conviction based on                       
     claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel --                     
     Application denied when motion is untimely and fails to                     
     establish good cause for the untimeliness.                                  
     (No. 94-865 -- Submitted August 17, 1994 -- Decided                         
November 9, 1994.)                                                               
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No.                   
57251.                                                                           
     Appellant, Paul Porter, was apparently convicted of one                     
count of aggravated drug trafficking, one count of possessing                    
criminal tools, and one count of drug abuse.  He appealed, and                   
the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County affirmed the                            
conviction.  In 1993, he applied to the court of appeals under                   
App. R. 26(B) to reopen the appeal from the judgment of                          
conviction, alleging ineffective assistance of appellate                         
counsel.  The court of appeals denied the application on the                     
basis that appellant's motion was untimely and failed to                         
establish good cause for the untimeliness.  Appellant appeals                    
the denial to this court.                                                        
                                                                                 
     Paul Porter, pro se.                                                        
                                                                                 
     Per Curiam.  The decision of the court of appeals is                        
affirmed for the reasons stated bythe court of appeals.                          
                                    Judgment affirmed.                           
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney                   
and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.                                                        
     Wright, J., dissents.