State v. Catlino

An indigent convicted defendant has a constitutional right to counsel on a direct appeal to the Court of Appeals from his judgment of conviction. Douglas v. California (1963), 372 U. S. 353, 9 L. Ed. 2d 811, 83 S. Ct. 814. The failure of our statutes to provide therefor at state expense prior to the effective date of Section 2941.50(B), Revised Code, on November 11, 1965, can obviously not interfere with that right. There is no claim that the prisoner in the instant case waived that right to counsel.

If the prisoner had not been denied this right to counsel, he would have had a reasonable…