COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                           NO.  73297
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
WALTER HARRIS                 :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 89202
                              :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    DECEMBER 11, 1997
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           WALTER HARRIS, pro se
                              #257-517
                              Post Office Box 740
                              London, Ohio  43140-0740
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              RANDI MARIE OSTRY, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Motion for  Summary Judgment based  on mootness is  granted.
Respondent denied relator's application  for writ of mandamus  on
August 21, 1997.  Costs to relator.
.