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State v. Crosby

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County
Oct 26, 2005
2005 Ohio 5684 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005)

Opinion

No. 81779.

October 26, 2005.

Application for Reopening, Motion No. 375184, Lower Court No. CR-417128, Common Pleas Court.

APPLICATION DENIED.

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Mark J. Mahoney, Assistant County Prosecutor, Justice Center — 9th Floor, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard A. Kray, 1468 West 9th Street, Suite 425, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, for defendant-appellant.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION


{¶ 1} Savalas Crosby has filed an application for reopening pursuant to App.R. 26(B). Crosby is attempting to reopen the appellate judgment that was rendered by this court in State v. Crosby, Cuyahoga App. No. 81779, 2003-Ohio-7236. We decline to reopen Crosby's original appeal.

{¶ 2} As required by App.R. 26(B)(2)(b), Crosby must establish "a showing of good cause for untimely filing if the application is filed more than ninety days after journalization of the appellate judgment" which is subject to reopening. The Supreme Court of Ohio, with regard to the ninety day deadline as provided by App.R. 26(B)(2)(b), has recently established that:

We now reject Gumm's claim that those excuses gave him good cause to miss the 90-day deadline in App.R. 26(B). The rule was amended to include the 90-day deadline more than seven months before Gumm's appeal of right was decided by the court of appeals in February 1994, so the rule was firmly established then, just as it is today. Consistent enforcement of the rule's deadline by the appellate courts in Ohio protects on the one hand the state's legitimate interest in the finality of its judgments and ensures on the other hand that any claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel are promptly examined and resolved. Ohio and other states "may erect reasonable procedural requirements for triggering the right to an adjudication," Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. (1982), 455 U.S. 422, 437, 102 S.Ct 1148, 71 L.Ed 2d 265, and that is what Ohio has done by creating a 90-day deadline for the filing of applications to reopen. Gumm could have retained new attorneys after the court of appeals issued its decision in 1994, or he could have filed the application on his own. What he could not do was ignore the rule's filing deadline. * * * The 90-day requirement in the rule is "applicable to all appellants," State v. Winstead (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 277, 278, 1996-Ohio-52, 658 N.E.2d 722, and Gumm offers no sound reason why he — unlike so many other Ohio criminal defendants — could not comply with that fundamental aspect of the rule. (Emphasis added.)

State v. Gumm, 103 Ohio St.3d 162, 2004-Ohio-4755, 814 N.E.2d 861, at 163.

{¶ 3} See, also, State v. Lamar, 102 Ohio St.3d 467, 2004-Ohio-3976, 812 N.E.2d 970; State v. Cooey, 73 Ohio St.3d 411, 1995-Ohio-328; State v. Reddick, 72 Ohio St.3d 88, 1995-Ohio-249, 647 N.E.2d 784. Herein, Crosby is attempting to reopen the appellate judgment that was journalized on March 8, 2004. The application for reopening was not filed until August 24, 2005, more than ninety days after journalization of the appellate judgement in State v. Crosby, supra. Crosby has failed to establish "a showing of good cause" for the untimely filing of his application for reopening. State v. Klein (Apr. 8, 1991), Cuyahoga App. No. 58389, reopening disallowed (Mar. 15, 1994), Motion No. 49260, affirmed (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 1481; State v. Trammell (July 24, 1995), Cuyahoga App. No. 67834, reopening disallowed (Apr. 22, 1996), Motion No. 70493; State v. Travis (Apr. 5, 1990), Cuyahoga App. No. 56825, reopening disallowed (Nov. 2, 1994), Motion No. 51073, affirmed (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 317.

{¶ 4} Accordingly, the application for reopening is denied.

Celebrezze, Jr., P.J., concurs

Karpinski, J., concurs


Summaries of

State v. Crosby

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County
Oct 26, 2005
2005 Ohio 5684 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005)
Case details for

State v. Crosby

Case Details

Full title:State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Savalas Crosby, Defendant-Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County

Date published: Oct 26, 2005

Citations

2005 Ohio 5684 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005)