Case Title: State v. Murr

Citation: 1994-Ohio-129

Docket Number: 19932399

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

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

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The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Murr, Appellant.                                 
[Cite as State v. Murr (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 argue that arson indictment is only a                            
     misdemeanor -- Application denied when trial court did not                  
     err in convicting appellant of felony arson.                                
     (No. 93-2399 Submitted October 24, 2994 -- Decided                          
December 14, 1994.)                                                              
     Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Sandusky County, No.                   
S-91-13.                                                                         
     Appellant, Jeffrey A. Murr,  was convicted of theft and                     
arson and sentenced to consecutive sentences each of four to                     
ten years.  He appealed, and the court of appeals affirmed the                   
conviction.  State v. Murr (May 8, 1992), Sandusky App. No.                      
S-91-13, unreported.  He applied to the court of appeals to                      
reopen the appeal from the judgment of conviction, alleging                      
ineffective assistance of counsel for counsel's failure to                       
argue that the arson indictment could only have been a                           
misdemeanor.  The court of appeals denied the application on                     
the basis that the trial court did not err in convicting                         
appellant of felony arson.  Appellant appeals the denial to                      
this court.                                                                      
                                                                                 
     John E. Meyers, Sandusky County Prosecuting Attorney and                    
Ronald J. Mayle, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.                   
     David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, and Richard E.                      
Graham, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.                                
                                                                                 
     Per Curiam.  The decision of the court of appeals is                        
affirmed for the reasons stated in the decsion.                                  
                                    Judgment affirmed.                           
     Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer,                    
JJ., concur.                                                                     
     A.W. Sweeney and Wright, JJ., dissent.