Case Title: State v. Dozanti

Citation: 1994-Ohio-73

Docket Number: 19941262

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1994-12-14T00:00:00Z

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The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Dozanti, Appellant.                              
[Cite as State v. Dozanti (1994),      Ohio St.3d      .]                        
Appellate procedure -- App.R. 26 -- Application for reopening                    
     appeal from judgment and conviction based on claim of                       
     ineffective assistance of appellate counsel for counsel's                   
     failure to object to admission of certain evidence --                       
     Application denied when appellant not prejudiced by                         
     admission of the evidence.                                                  
     (No. 94-1262 -- Submitted October 23, 1994  -- Decided                      
December 14, 1994.)                                                              
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, Nos.                  
61534 and 62190.                                                                 
     Appellant, Danny Dozanti, was convicted of trafficking in                   
drugs.  He appealed, and the court of appeals affirmed the                       
conviction.  State v. Dozanti (Jan. 14, 1993), Cuyahoga App.                     
No. 61534, 62190, unreported.  He applied to the court of                        
appeals to reopen the appeal from the judgment of conviction,                    
pursuant to State v. Murnahan (1992), 63 Ohio St.3d 60, 584                      
N.E. 2d 1204, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel for                     
counsel's failure to object to the admission of evidence                         
concerning ownership of the premises on which the illegal drugs                  
were seized.  The court of appeals denied the application on                     
the basis that appellant was not prejudiced by admission of the                  
evidence.  Appellant appeals the denial to this court as of                      
right..                                                                          
                                                                                 
     Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting                          
Attorney, and Laurence R. Snyder, Assistant Prosecuting                          
Attorney, for appellee.                                                          
     Synenberg & Marein, Mark B. Marein and John J. Ricotta,                     
for appellant.                                                                   
                                                                                 
     Per Curiam.  The decision of the court of appeals is                        
affirmed for the reasons stated therein.                                         
                                         Judgment affirmed.                      
     Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney                   
and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.                                                        
     Wright, J., dissents.