COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 76151
STATE OF OHIO ex rel.         :
MICHAEL DOZIER                :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 6843
                              :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    JUNE 3, 1999
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           MICHAEL DOZIER, pro se
                              #152-930
                              Post Office Box 69
                              London, Ohio  43140
For respondent    :           WILLIAM D. MASON
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              SALEH S. AWADALLAH, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
JAMES M. PORTER, A.J.
     Michael Dozier, relator,  is seeking a  writ of mandamus  to
compel respondent, the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, to
vacate his convictions  in C.P. Case Nos. CR-38218 and  CR-39135.
Relator claims  his  convictions are  void  since there  were  no
criminal complaints filed in his criminal cases.  Respondent moved
for  summary  judgment  and  attached  certified  copies  of  the
indictments filed  in 1978 in relator's  cases.  Relator filed  a
brief in opposition and attached the affidavit of his mother, who
averred that she combed the records of his criminal cases and found
no complaints/affidavits filed pursuant to Crim.R. 3 and 12(A).
     A criminal  case may be instituted,  however, by not only  a
complaint but also by a citation or an indictment.  See Crim.R. 3,
4.1, 6, 7. Relator was convicted and sentenced upon indictments as
demonstrated by respondent, see, also, State ex rel. Dozier v. Mack
(1999), 85 Ohio St.3d 368, so the absence of a criminal complaint
in relator's  file  is irrelevant  and  does not  void  relator's
convictions. Accordingly, we grant respondent's motion for summary
judgment.
     Judgment for respondent.  Costs to relator.
ANN DYKE, J., CONCURS
.