Summit C.P. No. CR96010059. Upon consideration of the motion filed by counsel for appellant to stay execution in the above-styled cause pending the exhaustion of state post-conviction remedies, and it appearing from the exhibits to the motion that a petition for post-conviction relief was filed by appellant with the Summit County Common Pleas Court, and an appeal of the trial court's denial of the petition is now pending in the Summit County Court of Appeals,

IT IS ORDERED by the court that said motion be, and the same is hereby, granted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED by the court that execution of sentence be, and the same is hereby, stayed pending the exhaustion of all proceedings for post-conviction relief before courts of this state, including any appeals.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that counsel for the appellant and for the appellee shall notify this court when all proceedings for post-conviction relief before courts of this state have been exhausted.