COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT 
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 
                             NO. 70929
STATE OF OHIO                   :
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        Plaintiff-appellee      :
                                :      JOURNAL ENTRY
     -vs-                       :           AND
                                :         OPINION
AJMAL KAZMI                     :
                                :
        Defendant-appellant     :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT            :         JUNE 5, 1997
  OF DECISION                   :                         
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING         :    Criminal appeal from
                                     Court of Common Pleas
                                :    Case No. CR-315719
JUDGMENT                        :    Reversed and Remanded
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION          :                        
APPEARANCES:
For plaintiff-appellee:            For defendant-appellant:
STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, ESQ.        TRACEY K. O'DAY, ESQ.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor         21801 Lakeshore Boulevard
EDWARD F. FERAN, ESQ.              Euclid, OH 44123
Assistant County Prosecutor
8th Floor Justice Center
1200 Ontario Street
Cleveland, OH 44113
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PATTON, J.
     Defendant-appellant  Ajmal  Kazmi  ("defendant")  appeals  the
decision  of  the trial  court claiming  he  did not  knowingly and
voluntarily enter his guilty  plea.  We are constrained  to sustain
defendant's appeal based on this court's prior decision in State v.
Teixeira (December 19, 1996), Cuyahoga  App. No. 70619, unreported.
Teixeira is  the  companion  case  to the  instant  case  involving
defendant's co-defendant.   Because the facts and issues are nearly
identical we sustain defendant's appeal.
     Judgment reversed and remanded.   
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     This cause is  reversed and  remanded to the  lower court  for
further proceedings consistent with this opinion.  
     It is, therefore,  considered that  said appellant recover  of
said appellee his costs herein.  
     It is ordered that a special mandate be sent to said  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.  
NAHRA, P.J.                
ROCCO, J.,         CONCUR  
   JUDGE 
                                              JOHN T. PATTON 
     N.B.  This entry  is an announcement of the  court's decision.
See App.R. 22(B),  22(D) and 26(A);  Loc.App.R. 27.  This  decision
will be journalized  and will become the judgment  and order of the
court pursuant to App.R. 22(E) unless a  motion for reconsideration
with supporting brief, per  App. R. 26(A), is filed within ten (10)
days of the announcement of the  court's decision.  The time period
for review by the Supreme Court of Ohio shall begin to run upon the
journalization  of  this court's  announcement  of decision  by the
.