Case Title: State v. Ward

Citation: 1996-Ohio-41

Docket Number: 19960238

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1996-06-05T00:00:00Z

Document:
The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Ward, Appellant. 
[Cite as State v. Ward (1996), _____ 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 
applicant fails to show good cause for failure to file the motion 
within ninety days after journalization of the court of appeals’ 
decision affirming the conviction, as required by App.R. 
26(B)(2)(b). 
 
(No. 96-238 --Submitted April 15, 1996--Decided June 5, 1996.) 
 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, Nos. C-
910878 and C-910881. 
 
According to the state, appellant, Fredrick E. Ward, was convicted of 
felonious sexual penetration and gross sexual imposition and sentenced to 
prison in October 1991.  In June 1992, the court of appeals affirmed his 
convictions and sentence.  State v. Ward (June 19, 1992), Hamilton App. 
Nos. C-910878 and C-910881, unreported. 
 
Subsequently, Ward filed with the court of appeals an application to 
reopen his appeal under App.R. 26(B), which governs claims alleging 
ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.  The court of appeals found that 
 
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Ward had “failed to show good cause for filing his application more than 
ninety days after *** judgment was journalized, as required by App.R. 
26(B)(2)(b).”  Hence, the court of appeals denied Ward’s application.  Ward 
appeals that denial to this court. 
__________________________ 
 
Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Philip 
R. Cummings, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
 
Fredrick E. Ward, pro se. 
__________________________ 
 
Per Curiam.  We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals for the 
reasons stated in that court’s entry. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK 
and STRATTON, JJ., concur.