COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            No. 72193
                                    ACCELERATED DOCKET
STATE OF OHIO                 :
                              :       JOURNAL ENTRY
          Plaintiff-appellee  :
                              :           AND
     vs.                      :
                              :         OPINION
CALVIN ROBINSON               :
                              :        PER CURIAM
          Defendant-appellant :
                              :
                              :      APRIL 16, 1998
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT          :
 OF DECISION                  :
                              :
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS      :    Criminal appeal from
                              :    Court of  Common Pleas
                              :    Case No. CR-324119
                              :
JUDGMENT                      :    AFFIRMED
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For plaintiff-appellee:            For defendant-appellant:
THOMAS A. REIN, ESQ.               DONALD GREEN, ESQ.
Assistant County Prosecutor        Assistant Public Defender
The Justice Center, 8th Floor      100 Lakeside Place
1200 Ontario Street                1200 West Third Street
Cleveland, OH 44113                Cleveland, OH 44113
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PER CURIAM:
     This case  came to be  heard upon  the accelerated  calendar
pursuant to App.R.  11.1 and Local Rule  25, the record from  the
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and the briefs of  counsel.
Defendant Calvin Robinson pleaded guilty to one count of attempted
rape.  The sole assignment of error complains the court failed to
advise him that he would be provided an attorney for trial even if
he could not afford to hire an attorney.
     The assigned error is overruled.  Defendant retained his own
counsel and counsel was present when the court accepted defendant's
plea.  We  have held that  Crim. R. 11(C)(1)  only applies if  an
accused is not represented by counsel   in cases where the accused
has retained counsel, the  court has no obligation to inform  the
accused of  the right to  appointed counsel.   See State v.  Wood
(Sept. 19, 1996),  Cuyahoga App. No. 70150, unreported; State  v.
Wright (Feb. 11, 1993), Cuyahoga App. No. 64016, unreported.  See
also State v.  Shoop (Feb. 1,  1995), Greene App.  No. 94 CA  68,
unreported.
     Judgment affirmed.
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     It is ordered  that appellee recover of appellant its  costs
herein taxed.
     The Court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
     It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this court
directing the Court of  Common Pleas to carry this judgment  into
execution.  The defendant's conviction having been affirmed,  any
bail pending  appeal is terminated.   Case remanded to the  trial
court for execution of sentence.
     A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the  mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
                              ANN DYKE, PRESIDING JUDGE
                              JOHN T. PATTON, JUDGE
                              MICHAEL J. CORRIGAN, Judge
   N.B.   This entry is an announcement of the court's  decision.
See App.R. 22(B), 22(D) and 26(A); Loc.App.R. 27.  This  decision
will be journalized and will become the judgment and order of the
court pursuant to  App.R. 22(E) unless a motion for  reconsidera-
ation with supporting brief, per App.R. 26(A), is filed within ten
(10) days of the announcement of the court's decision.  The  time
period for review by the Supreme Court of Ohio shall begin to run
upon the journalization of this court's announcement of decision by
.