State v. Alvarez

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 1654

Syllabus

App.R. 26(B), ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, ineffective assistance of trial counsel, aggravated vehicular homicide, failure to stop after an accident, allied offenses, guilty plea, and motion to suppress. This court denied an App.R. 26(B) application to reopen because aggravated vehicular homicide and failure to stop after an accident are not allied offenses. Trial counsel was not ineffective for not pursuing a motion to suppress the fruits of a search, because it was not certain that the motion would have been successful and because trial counsel negotiated a favorable plea agreement. Appellate counsel was not ineffective for failing to argue not pursuing the suppression motion, inter alia, because a guilty plea waives any error in pretrial suppression motions.