State v. Ford, Unpublished Decision (5-11-2005)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

{¶ 1} Darnell Ford has filed a timely application for reopening pursuant to App. R. 26(B). Ford is attempting to reopen the appellate judgment that was rendered by this court in State v. Ford, Cuyahoga App. No. 84138, 2004-Ohio-5610, which affirmed his plea of guilty to the offenses of kidnapping and rape. For the following reasons, we decline to reopen Ford's appeal.

{¶ 2} Initially, we find that the doctrine of res judicata prevents the reopening of Ford's appeal. Errors of law that were either previously raised or could have been raised through an appeal may be…