COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT

                           COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA

                               NO. 61024


   CITY OF CLEVELAND                  :
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             PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE       :    JOURNAL ENTRY
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   v.                                 :        AND
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   NICHOLAS LAURIANTI                 :      OPINION
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             DEFENDANT-APPELLANT      :


   DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
   OF DECISION:         August 13, 1992

   CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:           CRIMINAL APPEAL FROM THE
                                      CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL COURT
                                      CASE NO. 90 TRD 9705


   JUDGMENT:                          APPEAL DISMISSED.

   DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:


   APPEARANCES:

   For Plaintiff-Appellee:            MARK A. McCLAIN
                                      CHIEF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
                                      BY: EDWARD T. BUELOW
            (#0022710)
                                      ASSISTANT CITY PROSECUTOR
                                      JUSTICE CENTER - 8TH FLOOR
                                      1200 ONTARIO STREET
                                      CLEVELAND, OHIO 44113

   For Defendant-Appellant:           JOHN B. GIBBONS
                                      2000 STANDARD BUILDING
                                      1370 ONTARIO STREET
                                      CLEVELAND, OHIO  44113


















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   SPELLACY, J.:

        Defendant-appellant   Nicholas    Laurianti   appeals    his

   conviction  for failing  to  comply with  a  lawful police  order

   (Cleveland Codified Ordinances  Section 403.02(a)).  We  find the

   appeal to be moot and dismiss it.

        The record contains  a receipt  showing that Laurianti  paid

   the fifty dollar fine  imposed by the trial court.  The voluntary

   payment  of a fine,  when the fine is  the sole sanction imposed,

   renders  an appeal moot unless the defendant shows that he or she

   will suffer some collateral disability or loss of civil rights as

   the  result  of the  judgment  or  conviction.   State  v. Berndt

   (1987), 29 Ohio St. 3d 3, 4; see, also, State v. Bazen (1988), 37

   Ohio St. 3d 242; State  v. Wilson (1975), 41 Ohio St. 2d  236.  A

   review  of  the  record  reveals that  Laurianti  has  offered no

   evidence showing that he will suffer any collateral disability or

   loss of civil rights  as the result of his conviction.   We find,

   therefore, that the appeal is moot.

        Appeal dismissed.




























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        It is  ordered that appellee recover of  appellant its costs

   herein taxed.

        The  court  finds  there were  reasonable  grounds  for this

   appeal.   It is ordered that a special  mandate issue out of this

   court  directing  the  Cleveland Municipal  Court  to  carry this

   judgment into execution.

        A certified copy of this entry  shall constitute the mandate

   pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.


   JOHN F. CORRIGAN, P.J., AND

   HARPER, J., CONCUR


                                              LEO M. SPELLACY
                                                    JUDGE







   N.B. This entry is  made pursuant to  the third sentence of  Rule
   22(D),   Ohio  Rules  of   Appellate  Procedure.     This  is  an
   announcement of decision (see Rule  26).  Ten (10) days  from the
   date  hereof   this  document   will  be   stamped  to   indicate
   journalization,  at which time  it will  become the  judgment and
   order of the court and time period  for review will begin to run.



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