STATE v. WEST

No. 07 JE 26.

2009 Ohio 3347

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy West, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Jefferson County.

Dated: June 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Thomas R. Straus, Prosecuting Attorney, Atty. Frank J. Bruzzese, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Jefferson County Justice Center, 16001 State Route 7, Steubenville, Ohio 43952, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Atty. Timothy Young, Ohio Public Defender, Atty. Jeremy J. Masters, Assistant State Public Defender, Office of the Ohio Public Defender, 250 East Broad Street, Suite 1400, Columbus, Ohio 43215, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: Hon. Cheryl L. Waite, Hon. Joseph J. Vukovich, Hon. Mary DeGenaro.


OPINION

WAITE, J.

{¶1} Appellant Timothy West filed a petition for postconviction relief in the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas that was denied without a hearing. In Appellant's petition he argued that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel when he was tried and convicted on six counts of rape of a child under 13 years old. Appellant filed a direct appeal of his conviction and sentence. The conviction was upheld but...

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