COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 75019
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
DAVID LESURE                  :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    HABEAS CORPUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 99047
                              :
JUDGE ANTHONY CALABRESE       :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    OCTOBER 22, 1998
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           DAVID LESURE pro se
                              Cuyahoga County Jail 8H14
                              Post Office Box 5600
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44101
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              GAIL D. BAKER, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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PATRICIA A. BLACKMON,A.J.:
     Relator, David Lesure, seeks a writ of habeas corpus on  the
grounds that he  has been accused of  crimes and deprived of  his
liberty without  due process of law.   The respondent, Gerald  T.
McFaul, Sheriff of Cuyahoga County, has filed a motion to dismiss.
     A review of the relator's petition for a writ of habeas corpus
fails to demonstrate compliance with the mandatory requirements of
R.C. 2725.04(D), which explicitly requires that a copy of the cause
of detention be  attached to a petition  for habeas corpus.   The
failure to attach a copy of the cause of detention to a  petition
for habeas corpus results in the petition being fatally defective.
Brown v.  Rogers (1995), 72 Ohio  St.3d 339; Cornell v.  Schotten
(1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 466; Bloss v. Rogers (1992), 65 Ohio  St.3d
145.  In addition, the  issues raised by the relator through  his
petition for  a writ of habeas  corpus are not jurisdictional  in
nature as required by R.C. 2725.05.  Finally, habeas corpus may not
be used as a substitute for an appeal.  In re Piazza (1996), 7 Ohio
St.2d 102; Bellman v. Jago (1988), 38 Ohio St.3d 55.
     Accordingly, we grant  the respondent's  motion to  dismiss.
Costs to relator.   Writ dismissed.
JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS
.