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State v. Dozanti

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 14, 1994
642 N.E.2d 1089 (Ohio 1994)

Opinion

No. 94-1262

Submitted October 24, 1994 —

Decided December 14, 1994.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, Nos. 61534 and 62190.

Appellant, Danny Dozanti, was convicted of trafficking in drugs. He appealed, and the court of appeals affirmed the conviction. State v. Dozanti (Jan. 14, 1993), Cuyahoga App. Nos. 61534 and 62190, unreported, 1993 WL 7696. He applied to the court of appeals to reopen the appeal from the judgment of conviction pursuant to State v. Murnahan (1992), 63 Ohio St.3d 60, 584 N.E.2d 1204, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel for counsel's failure to object to the admission of evidence concerning ownership of the premises on which the illegal drugs were seized. The court of appeals denied the application on the basis that appellant was not prejudiced by admission of the evidence. Appellant appeals the denial to this court as of right.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Laurence R. Snyder, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Synenberg Marein, Mark B. Marein and John J. Ricotta, for appellant.


The decision of the court of appeals is affirmed for the reasons stated therein.

Judgment affirmed.

MOYER, C.J., A.W. SWEENEY, DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.

WRIGHT, J., dissents.


Summaries of

State v. Dozanti

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 14, 1994
642 N.E.2d 1089 (Ohio 1994)
Case details for

State v. Dozanti

Case Details

Full title:THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. DOZANTI, APPELLANT

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Dec 14, 1994

Citations

642 N.E.2d 1089 (Ohio 1994)
642 N.E.2d 1089

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