State v. Tucker

We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals for the following reasons. App.R. 26(B) provides that applications to reopen in the court of appeals must be filed within ninety days of journalization of the appellate *153judgment sought to be reopened unless good cause for the delay is shown. Appellant contends that his application was delayed because the prison library did not have a new volume of Rules of Appellate Procedure immediately after App.R. 26 took effect. He also argues that he was ineffective acting as his own counsel pro se, on direct appeal.

In State v. Reddick (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d…