State v. Lentz

Supreme Court of Ohio · Decided 1994-10-12

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Pfeifer, J. We hold that when a criminal defendant is represented by two different attorneys from the same public defender’s office at trial and on direct appeal, res judicata bars a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel raised for the first time in a petition for postconviction relief when such claim could have been made on direct appeal without resort to evidence beyond the record, unless the defendant prov…

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