COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                         COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                             NO. 72476
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STATE OF OHIO EX REL.              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
SEAN TAYLOR                        :    MANDAMUS
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        Relator                    :
                                   :    MOTION NO. 83034
     -vs-                          :
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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS              :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
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        Respondent                 :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                       JUNE 12, 1997
JUDGMENT:                          DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:  
For Relator:                       For Respondent:
SEAN TAYLOR, Pro Se                STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES,
No. 240-185                          Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
P. O. Box 57                       ARTHUR A. ELKINS, 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, Sean Taylor,  seeks a  writ of mandamus  in order  to
compel  the respondent, the Cuyahoga County  Court of Common Pleas,
to conduct  an evidentiary  hearing and  further issue findings  of
fact and conclusions  of law with  regard to  a petition for  post-
conviction relief that was filed in the underlying case of State v.
Taylor, Cuyahoga Cty. C.P. Case No.  CR-265407.  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.   Finally,
attached to the  respondent's motion to  dismiss is a  copy of  the
findings of fact and conclusions of  law as journalized on May  12,
1997.  The relator  has received the relief requested and  thus his
petition for a writ of mandamus is moot.   State ex rel. Carrion v.
Harris (1988), 40 Ohio St.3d 19.
     Accordingly, the  respondent's motion  to dismiss  is granted.
Relator and respondent to share costs.
     Writ dismissed.
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCURS
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                              JAMES D. SWEENEY, CHIEF JUSTICE
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