COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 73738
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
TURHAN WYNN                   :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    HABEAS CORPUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 91052
                              :
GERALD McFAUL, SHERIFF        :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    FEBRUARY 5, 1998
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           TURHAN WYNN, pro se
                              Cuyahoga County Correction Center
                              Post Office Box 5600
                              Cleveland, Ohio 44101
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              DIANE SMILANICK, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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PATRICIA A. BLACKMON,A.J.:
     Relator, Turhan Wynn,  commenced this  habeas corpus  action
against the respondent,  Sheriff Gerald T.  McFaul.  The  relator
complains  that he  is being  held unlawfully  as a  result of  a
defective probation violation hearing  that was conducted in  the
underlying case of State v. Wynn, Cuyahoga County Court of Common
Pleas Case No. CR-337074.   The respondent has filed a motion  to
dismiss, which this court grants for the following reasons.
     A writ of habeas corpus will be denied where there exists an
adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law.  In re Hunt (1976),
46 Ohio St.2d 378.  In addition, an order that revokes  probation
and imposes a sentence of incarceration is a final appealable order
from which an appeal is routinely taken.  State ex rel. Tucker v.
Rogers (1993), 66 Ohio St.3d 36.
     Finally, the relator has filed two prior complaints for habeas
corpus, which involved allegations of unlawful restraint vis-a-vis
the claim of a defective probation violation hearing in State  v.
Wynn, Cuyahoga County  Court of Common Pleas Case No.  CR-337074.
The doctrine of  res judicata prevents  the filing of  successive
complaints for  habeas corpus.  Freeman  v. Tate (1992), 65  Ohio
St.3d 440; Hudlin v. Alexander (1992), 63 Ohio St.3d 153.
     Accordingly, we grant  the respondent's  motion to  dismiss.
Costs to relator.
     Writ dismissed.
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JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS
                                   PATRICIA A. BLACKMON
                                   ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
.