COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                         COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                             NO. 71902 
                                   :
STATE EX REL. LARRY JOHNSON        :
                                   :       JOURNAL ENTRY
          Relator                  :
                                   :            and
     -vs-                          :
                                   :          OPINION
                                   :
GERALD T. MCFAUL, SHERIFF          :      MOTION NO. 80082
                                   :
          Respondent               :
                                   :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT                    JANUARY 23, 1997     
OF DECISION:
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:           WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
JUDGMENT:                          WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:            __________________________
APPEARANCES:
For Relator:                       For Respondent:
STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, ESQ.        JAMES A. DRAPER, ESQ.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor         Cuyahoga County Public Defender
9th Floor Justice Center           BY:  SCOTT ROGER HURLEY, ESQ.
1200 Ontario Street                Assistant Public Defender
Cleveland, Ohio  44113             100 Lakeside Place
                                   1200 West Third Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio  44113
.