State ex rel. Phillips v. Andrews

Case No. 76-1232 seeks a writ of prohibition to stop respondent from committing Brown to the Treatment Center in lieu of imprisonment. The respondent has already done so and Brown has spent his time at that institution. Case no. 76-1232 is, therefore, moot, since prohibition will not lie to theoretically interdict an action ¡■which has already transpired.

Case No. 76-1233, relator’s mandamus action, provides an adequate vehicle for review of the legal question posed by the parties. The issue involved is the alleged disparity between R. C. 4511.99(A) and 2935.33.

R. C. 4511.99(A) provides that:'

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