COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                           NO. 74551
STATE OF OHIO, EX REL.        :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
VANCE FIELDS                  :    MANDAMUS
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               Relator        :    MOTION NO. 96611
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          vs.                 :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
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JUDGE RICHARD LILLIE          :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
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               Respondent     :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    JULY 23, 1998
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For Relator                   :    VANCE FIELDS, Pro Se
                                   No. A270-828
                                   Ohio State Reformatory
                                   P. O. Box 788
                                   Mansfield, Ohio 44901
For Respondent                :    STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                                   Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                                   ARTHUR A. ELKINS, Assistant
                                   Justice Center, Courts Tower
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, A.J.:
     On May 22,  1998, the relator, Vance Fields, commenced  this
mandamus action to compel the respondent judge to issue findings of
fact and conclusions of law for postconviction relief  petitions,
which Mr. Fields in 1997  filed in the underlying case, State  of
Ohio v. Vance Fields, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Case Nos.
CR-286172. On June 19, 1998, the respondent, through the Cuyahoga
County Prosecutor, moved  for summary judgment on the grounds  of
mootness.   Attached to the  dispositive motion was  a copy of  a
certified, signed  and file-stamped June  16, 1998 journal  entry
containing the requisite findings of fact and conclusions of  law
for Mr.  Fields's  petitions.   A  review of  the  postconviction
petitions establishes that these findings of fact and conclusions
of law fairly meet the claims Mr. Fields argued.  This attachment
establishes that  the judge has fulfilled  his duty to issue  the
findings of fact and conclusions  of law and that Mr. Fields  has
received his requested relief, a resolution of his postconviction
petitions.
     Accordingly, the motion for summary judgment is granted, and
this writ action is dismissed.  Respondent to pay costs.
JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS.
                              PATRICIA A. BLACKMON,
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                              ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
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