COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 75690
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
LARRY COPELAND                :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 3442
                              :
LILLIAN J. GREENE, JUDGE      :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    FEBRUARY 18, 1999
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           LARRY COPELAND, pro se
                              #365-564
                              Lorain Correctional Institution
                              2075 S. Avon Belden Road
                              Grafton, Ohio  44044
For respondent    :           WILLIAM D. MASON
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              RENEE L. SNOW, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
JAMES M. PORTER, A.J.
     Larry Copeland, relator,  is seeking a  writ of mandamus  to
compel respondent, Judge Lillian Greene, to issue a ruling on his
Motion for Appointment of Counsel for Appeal filed in C.P. Case No.
CR-360236.  Respondent filed a Motion for Summary Judgment and/or
Motion to Dismiss and attached a certified copy of an order dated
January 5, 1999, in which respondent appointed the Cuyahoga County
Public Defender  to represent  relator on  appeal.   Accordingly,
respondent's motion is granted based upon respondent's demonstra-
tion that this action is now moot.
     Case dismissed.  Costs to respondent.
ANN DYKE, J., CONCURS
                                     JAMES M. PORTER
                                   ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
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