COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                           NO.  73224
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
JOHN LAWRENCE                 :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 89201
                              :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    DECEMBER 11, 1997
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           JOHN LAWRENCE, pro se
                              #341-071
                              Belmont Correctional Institution
                              Post Office Box 540
                              St. Clairsville, Ohio  43950
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              GEORGE J. SADD, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Motion to Dismiss of Respondent based on mootness, which  is
unopposed, is granted. Additionally, relator has failed to support
his complaint with the affidavit required by Loc.App.R.  8(B)(1),
which warrants dismissal.  State ex rel. Simmons v. Angelotta (June
12, 1997), Cuyahoga App. No. 72198, unreported.
     Case dismissed.  Costs to relator.
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