[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 90 Ohio St.3d 272.]

THE STATE EX REL. PLAIN DEALER PUBLISHING COMPANY v. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY. [Cite as State ex rel. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, 2000-Ohio-280.] Complaint dismissed because issue now moot. (No. 00-301—Submitted September 26, 2000—Decided November 8, 2000.) IN PROHIBITION. __________________ Baker & Hostetler L.L.P., Kyle B. Fleming and Jeffrey T. Williams, for relator. Gold, Schwartz & Co., L.P.A., Niki Z. Schwartz, Orville E. Stifel II and Jennifer E. Schwartz, for respondent. William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Randi Marie Ostry, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, in support of respondent, for amicus curiae state of Ohio. David H. Hoffmann, in support of respondent, for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association. Friedman & Gilbert, Terry H. Gilbert, Gordon S. Friedman and George H. Carr, in support of respondent, for amicus curiae Charles Murray, special administrator of the estate of Samuel H. Sheppard. __________________ {¶ 1} The cause is dismissed because the issue is now moot. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. COOK, J., dissents. __________________ SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

COOK, J., dissenting. {¶ 2} I would grant the writ. Though an opinion by this court at this juncture would not affect the case at bar, the decision could set parameters for future cases. __________________

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