State v. Bishop

2026 Ohio 201

• Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
• Decided: January 22, 2026
• Docket: 25 JE 0005
• Status: Published

Opinion

[Cite as State v. Bishop, 2026-Ohio-201.]

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO SEVENTH APPELLATE DISTRICT JEFFERSON COUNTY

STATE OF OHIO,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

JAMES K. BISHOP,

Defendant-Appellant.

OPINION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY Case No. 25 JE 0005

Application for Reconsideration

BEFORE: Cheryl L. Waite, Mark A. Hanni, Katelyn Dickey, Judges.

JUDGMENT: Dismissed.

Atty. Jane M. Hanlin, Jefferson County Prosecutor, for Plaintiff-Appellee. No Response Filed.

James K. Bishop, Pro se, Defendant-Appellant.

Dated: January 22, 2026 –2–

PER CURIAM.

{¶1} On November 18, 2025, Appellant James K. Bishop filed a pro se motion

seeking reconsideration under App.R. 26(A). We will treat Appellant’s motion as an

application for reconsideration. Our Opinion in this matter was filed on October 29, 2025.

It was mailed to Appellant that same day, and mailing was noted on the docket at the

time. App.R. 26(A)(1)(a) requires an application for reconsideration to be filed "no later

than ten days after the clerk has both mailed to the parties the judgment or order in

question and made a note on the docket of the mailing . . ." “We have previously refused

to consider an application for reconsideration filed one day after the filing deadline.” State

v. Griffin, 2024-Ohio-412, ¶ 4 (7th Dist.). Hence, Appellant's application is untimely and

must be dismissed.

{¶2} Even if Appellant’s application had been timely filed, it has no merit. App.R.

26 does not include guidelines for determining whether a decision should be reconsidered

or changed. The test generally applied to an application for reconsideration in the court

of appeals is whether the application calls to the attention of the court an obvious error in

its decision, or raises an issue for consideration that was either not considered at all or

was not fully considered by the court when it should have been. State v. Wilson, 2016-

Ohio-477, ¶ 23 (7th Dist.). However, "[a]n application for reconsideration is not designed

for use in instances where a party simply disagrees with the conclusions reached and the

logic used by an appellate court.” State v. Chapman, 2021-Ohio-2015, ¶ 3 (7th Dist.).

{¶3} The judgment entry at issue in the underlying appeal involved denial of a

motion for new trial filed on March 3, 2025, which was seven years too late under Crim.R.

33. The basis of the motion was newly discovered evidence about judicial bias. We

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explained in our Opinion that for such a delayed motion to be considered by the trial court,

the defendant must ask leave of the trial court and must demonstrate by clear and

convincing proof that he was unavoidably prevented from discovering the new evidence

within the 120-day filing period provided in Crim.R. 33. Appellant failed to explain on

appeal how he was unavoidably prevented from discovering new evidence about judicial

bias until January 2025, particularly since his own filings in the record of this case show

that in 2022 he claimed to have uncovered the alleged judicial basis and the evidence in

support. Since Appellant failed to satisfy the requirements of Crim.R. 33, there was no

abuse of discretion by the trial court in denying the motion for new trial. This was

thoroughly addressed in our original Opinion.

{¶4} Appellant’s application for reconsideration was untimely filed and is hereby

dismissed.

JUDGE CHERYL L. WAITE

JUDGE MARK A. HANNI

JUDGE KATELYN DICKEY

NOTICE TO COUNSEL

This document constitutes a final judgment entry.

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