Title: State v. Bies

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

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THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. BIES, APPELLANt.  
[Cite as State v. Bies (1997), ___ 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 not timely filed. 
 
(No. 97-12 – Submitted May 6, 1997 – Decided July 16, 1997.) 
 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-920841. 
 
Appellant, Michael Bies, was convicted of aggravated murder with 
specifications, and of attempted rape and kidnapping.  He was sentenced to death.  
Upon appeal, the court of appeals affirmed the convictions and sentence.  State v. 
Bies (Mar. 30, 1994), Hamilton App. No. C-920841, unreported, 1994 WL 
102196.  On direct appeal as of right, we also affirmed his convictions and 
sentence.  State v. Bies (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 320, 658 N.E.2d 754, certiorari 
denied (1996), 517 U.S. ___, 116 S.Ct. 1885, 135 L. Ed.2d 180. 
 
On September 20, 1996, appellant filed an “Application for Reopening” 
with the court of appeals pursuant to App.R. 26(B) and State v. Murnahan (1992), 
63 Ohio St.3d 60, 584 N.E.2d 1204, alleging ineffective assistance of appellate 
counsel on his direct appeal.  The court of appeals denied the application as 
untimely and without good cause shown. 
 
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This appeal followed. 
___________________ 
 
Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and William E. 
Breyer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee. 
 
Hallowes, Allen & Haynes and S. Scott Haynes; and J. Joseph Bodine, Jr., 
Assistant State Public Defender, for appellant. 
___________________ 
 
Per Curiam.  We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals denying 
appellant’s application for reopening for the same reasons articulated by the court 
of appeals.  Appellant has offered no compelling justification why his application 
was filed beyond the time strictures of App.R. 26(B). 
Judgment affirmed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and 
LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.