COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                         COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                             NO. 72444
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STATE OF OHIO EX REL.              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
COY JONES, JR.                     :    MANDAMUS
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        Relator                    :
                                   :    MOTION NO. 84065
     -vs-                          :
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KATHLEEN SUTULA, JUDGE             :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS              :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO              :
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        Respondent                 :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                       JUNE 26, 1997
JUDGMENT:                          DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:  
For Relator:                       For Respondent:
COY JONES, JR., Pro Se             STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES,
No. 221-500                          Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
P. O. Box 57                       RANDI MARIE OSTRY, Assistant
Marion, Ohio 43301-0057              County Prosecutor
                                   Justice Center, Courts Tower
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Relator, Coy Jones, Jr., seeks a  writ of mandamus in order to
compel  the  respondent,  Judge  Kathleen  Sutula,  to  conduct  an
evidentiary hearing with  regard to a petition  for post-conviction
relief that was  filed in the  underlying case  of State v.  Jones,
Cuyahoga Cty. C.P. Case No. CR-236377.  The respondent has filed  a
motion to dismiss.
     A trial court is  not required to hold an  evidentiary hearing
on all post-conviction cases.   State ex rel. Jackson  v. McMonagle
(1993), 67 Ohio St.3d 450; R.C. 2953.21(C).  In addition, an appeal
is an  adequate remedy at  law.  State  ex rel. Kaldor  v. Court of
Common Pleas of Belmont Cty. (1984), 9 Ohio St.3d 114.
     Furthermore,  the relator has failed  to comply with Loc. App.
R. 8(B)(1) which mandates that  complaints in original actions  "be
supported by  an affidavit from the plaintiff or relator specifying
the details of the claim."
     Accordingly, the  respondent's motion  to dismiss is  granted.
Relator to bear costs.
     Writ dismissed.
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCURS
.