STATE v. PETEFISH

No. 11 MA 70.

2012 Ohio 1502

STATE OF OHIO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. JOEL PETEFISH, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

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

Dated: March 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney Paul Gains , Prosecuting Attorney, Attorney Ralph Rivera , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, 21 West Boardman Street, 6th Floor, Youngstown, Ohio 44503, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joel Petefish , Pro se, #583-940, Richland Correctional Institution, 1001 Olivesburg Road, P.O. Box 8107, Mansfield, Ohio 44901, for Defendant-Appellant.

Joseph J. Vukovich, Cheryl L. Waite, Mary DeGenaro, Judges.


OPINION

VUKOVICH, J.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant Joel Petefish appeals the decision of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court which denied his petition for post-conviction relief. He contends that his attorney was ineffective at trial because he did not interview or subpoena two witnesses and because counsel did not disclose a medical condition that sometimes caused him to fall asleep. For the following reasons, the judgment of the trial...

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