COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 72933
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
JAMES HARDIN                  :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 86686
                              :
LILLIAN J. GREENE, JUDGE      :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    SEPTEMBER 18, 1997
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           JAMES HARDIN, pro se
                              #330-547
                              Post Office Box 540
                              St. Clairsville, Ohio  43950
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              ARTHUR A. ELKINS, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                                2
JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Respondent's  Motion for  Summary  Judgment  on  grounds  of
mootness is granted.   As evidenced by Exhibit A to  respondent's
motion, respondent denied relator's Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea
in C.P. Case No. CR-337378 on July 2, 1997.
     Writ denied.  Costs to relator.
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