COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 73657
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
JERRY V. BROWN                :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 91334
                              :
THOMAS PATRICK CURRAN, JUDGE  :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    FEBRUARY 12, 1998
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           JERRY V. BROWN, pro se
                              #304692
                              Post Office Box 788
                              Mansfield, Ohio  44901
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              RANDI MARIE OSTRY, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON,A.J.:
     Motion for Summary Judgment of Respondent based on mootness is
granted.   As evidenced  by Exhibit A  to repondent's motion,  on
February  26,  1997,  respondent  issued  Findings  of  Fact  and
Conclusions of Law in  C.P. Case No. CR-317508 entitled State  v.
Brown.
     Case dismissed.  Costs to relator.
JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS
                                   PATRICIA A. BLACKMON
                                   ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
.