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The State of Ohio, Appellee, v. Forney, Appellant.
[Cite as State v. Forney (1995), OhioSt.3d .]
Appellate procedure -- Application for reopening appeal from
judgment and conviction based on claim of ineffective
assistance of appellate counsel -- Application denied when
issues raised by applicant had previously been litigated
and were therefore res judicata.
(No. 95-250--Submitted April 18, 1995--Decided July 26,
1995.)
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No.
63310.
According to the court of appeals' journal entry,
appellant, La Don M. Forney, was convicted of murder, and the
court of appeals affirmed his conviction. State v. Forney
(Oct. 28, 1993), Cuyahoga App. No. 63310, unreported, 1993 WL
437647. In December 1994, appellant filed an application to
reopen the appellate judgment pursuant to App. R. 26(B). He
alleged that appellate counsel was ineffective by failing to
raise four issues. He also argued that his ignorance of law
was good cause for the untimely filing of his application.
The court of appeals held that ignorance of the law was
not good cause, that the issues appellant raised had previously
been litigated and were therefore res judicata, and that the
issues were also res judicata because they could have been
raised on appeal to this court from the judgment affirming the
conviction, but were not.
Appellant appeals to this court.

La Don M. Forney, pro se.

Per Curiam. The judgment of the court of appeals is
affirmed for the reasons stated therein.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney,
Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.