COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 72638
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
MELVIN McDOUGAL               :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    PROCEDENDO
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 87067
                              :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    OCTOBER 2, 1997
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           MELVIN McDOUGAL, pro se
                              #273-175
                              Marion Correctional Institution
                              Post Office Box 57
                              Marion, Ohio  43301-005
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              ERIKA RITT, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                                2
JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Motion for  Summary  Judgment of  Respondent on  grounds  of
mootness is  granted.   On  August  22, 1997,  respondent  denied
relator's Motion for Jail Time Credit in C.P. Case No. CR-298753.
Costs to respondent.
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