COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 73710
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
LA'VERN WILLIAMS              :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    PROCEDENDO
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 91478
                              :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
CLEVELAND, OHIO  44113-1664   :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    MARCH 19, 1998
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           LA'VERN WILLIAMS, pro se
                              #224-607
                              Post Office Box 57 (M-BLK)
                              Marion, Ohio  43301-0057
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON,A.J.:
     Relater, La'Vern Williams, seeks a writ of procedendo in order
to compel  the respondent, the  Cuyahoga County  Court of  Common
Pleas, to render a judgment with regard to a  motion to advise and
sentence according to the new law effective July 1, 1996" as filed
in the underlying case of State v. Williams, Cuyahoga County Court
of Common Pleas Case No.  CR-265221.  The respondent has filed  a
motion  for summary  judgment, which  this court  grants for  the
following reason.
     Attached to the respondent's motion for summary judgment is a
copy of a judgment entry, as journalized on October 10, 1997, which
reveals  that  the  relator's  motion  has  been  denied  by  the
respondent. Thus, the relator's request for a writ of mandamus is
moot. State ex rel. Jerningham v. Cuyahoga County Court of Common
Pleas (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 278.
     Accordingly, we grant  the respondent's  motion for  summary
judgment.
     Costs to relator.
     Writ denied.
JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS
.