COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 71864
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
LARON DOUGLAS                 :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 84807
                              :
NORMAN A. FUERST, JUDGE       :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    JULY 24, 1997
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           LARON DOUGLAS, pro se
                              #274-862
                              Ohio State Reformatory
                              Post Office Box 788
                              Mansfield, Ohio  44901
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              SHERRY F. McCREARY, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCURS
                               JAMES D. SWEENEY, CHIEF JUSTICE
.