Case Name: The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Williams, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1996-02-07
Citations: 74 Ohio St. 3d 456
Docket Number: No. 95-1695
Parties: The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Williams, Appellant.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 74
Pages: 456–457

Head Matter:
The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Williams, Appellant.
[Cite as State v. Williams (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 456.]
(No. 95-1695
Submitted August 14, 1995
Decided February 7, 1996.)
Maureen O’Connor, Summit County Prosecuting Attorney, and William D. Wellemeyer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.
Leroy Williams, pro se.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Appellant first argued to the court of appeals that he received ineffective assistance of appellate counsel because appellate counsel failed to raise the issue of trial counsel's ineffectiveness. Appellant asserted that trial counsel was ineffective for allowing the results of ballistics tests to be introduced into evidence without calling the expert who performed the tests. The court of appeals held that appellant failed to show any prejudice because he had failed to demonstrate that, but for the alleged error, the outcome of his trial would have been different. We concur. See State v. Bradley (1989), 42 Ohio St.3d 136, 538 N.E.2d 373, paragraph three of the syllabus.
Appellant also argued that "trial counsel was ineffective for failing to offer the jury an explanation of the low levels of antimony and barium on the confessed shooter and failing to offer an alternative explanation of how appellant's hands could have been contaminated [with these chemicals]." However, the court of appeals held that the record showed that trial counsel did address that issue, and that, in any case, appellant failed to show prejudice. We concur.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.