COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 72653
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
WILLIE J. WILLIAMS            :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 86296
                              :
KATHLEEN ANN SUTULA, JUDGE    :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    AUGUST 28, 1997
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           WILLIE J. WILLIAMS, pro se
                              #324-679
                              Belmont Correctional Institution
                              Post Office Box 540
                              St. Clairsville, Ohio  43950
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              JOHN R. MITCHELL, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Relator, Willie J. Williams, seeks a writ of mandamus in order
to compel the respondent,  Judge Kathleen Ann Sutula, to grant  a
"motion to vacate and modify sentences to conform with the laws of
amended Senate Bill #2 Civil Division" as filed in the underlying
case of State v. Williams, Cuyahoga County Court of Common  Pleas
Case No. CR-334365.  The respondent has filed a motion for summary
judgment.
     A review of  the docket in  CR-334365 demonstrates that  the
respondent denied  the  relator's  motion to  vacate  and  modify
sentence and also filed findings of fact and conclusions of law on
June 24, 1997.  The  relator possesses an adequate remedy at  law
through a direct appeal. State ex rel. Woodbury v. Spitler (1973),
34 Ohio St.2d 134.  Thus, mandamus is not appropriate.  See, also,
State ex rel. Lemmon v. Ohio Adult Parole Authority (1997), 78 Ohio
St.3d 186.
     Accordingly, we grant  the respondent's  motion for  summary
judgment.  Costs to relator.
     Writ denied.
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