COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 77688
IN THE MATTER OF:             :
VICTOR JOHNSON,               :
MINOR CHILD                   :      JOURNAL ENTRY
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                              :           AND
                              :
                              :         OPINION
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                  FEBRUARY 15, 2001
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:      Civil appeal from
                              Juvenile Court Division,
                              Case No. 9906121.
JUDGMENT:                     REVERSED AND REMANDED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:
For Victor Johnson:           David Bodiker, Esq.
                              Ohio Public Defender
                              Jill E. Beeler, Esq.
                              Assistant Ohio Public Defender
                              8 East Long Street - 11th Floor
                              Columbus, OH 43215-2998
For State of Ohio:            William D. Mason, Esq.
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              L. Christopher Frey, Esq.
                              Assistant County Prosecutor
                              Justice Center - Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, OH 44113
TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, P.J.:
     Defendant-appellant, Victor Johnson, appeals the decision of
the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Juvenile Division,  which
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found appellant to be in violation of his probation and committed
him to the Ohio Department of Youth Services.
     A review  of the  record  reveals that,  on June  29,  1999,
appellant was found to be delinquent for violating R.C.  2925.11,
possession of drugs.  At the dispositional hearing held on August
17, 1999, appellant was  placed on probation, the terms of  which
required appellant to serve three days of community service, attend
school regularly and complete  school assignments.  Both  entries
were journalized on August 23, 1999 and no appeal was taken  from
these orders.
     On November 4, 1999,  appellant's probation officer filed  a
motion requesting that the trial court find appellant in violation
of his  probation and  a warrant  was thereafter  issued for  his
arrest. Appellant admitted the allegations contained in the motion
at a hearing held on December 20, 1999.  At a subsequent  hearing
held  on January  24, 2000,  appellant waived  counsel and  again
entered an admission  to allegations against him.  Appellant  was
thereafter found to have violated the terms of his probation  and
was committed to the Ohio Department of Youth Services for a term
of six months.  Both entries were journalized on January 24, 2000.
The record does not contain any reference that these hearings were
recorded nor does the record contain any transcript evidencing as
much.
     Appellant is now before this court and assigns two errors for
our  review.   Succinctly,  he raises  constitutional  challenges
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regarding the  waiver of  counsel  and the  manner in  which  his
admission was accepted.
     As a threshold  issue, however, this court must address  the
absence of  a recording  of the  proceedings that  took place  on
December 20, 1999 and January 24, 2000.  This court has previously
held that the failure of the trial court to record such proceedings
is reversible error.  See  In re Allen (Oct. 29, 2000),  Cuyahoga
App. No. 77421, unreported at 3-4.  As such, we need not reach the
merits of this appeal at this time.
     Thus, to  the extent that  appellant's assignments of  error
challenge the court's orders journalized January 24, 2000, they are
well taken and are sustained.
     The judgment  of the trial court  is reversed and the  cause
remanded.
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     This cause is reversed and remanded for further  proceedings
consistent with the opinion herein.
     It is, therefore, considered that said appellant recover  of
said appellee costs herein.
     It is ordered that a special mandate be sent to said court to
carry this judgment into execution.
     A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the  mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
                                    TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE
                                        PRESIDING JUDGE
JAMES D. SWEENEY, J. and
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCUR.
N.B.  This entry is an announcement of the court's decision.  See
App.R.  22(D)  and 26(A);  Loc.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 reconsideration 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 the clerk per App.R. 22(E).  See, also,
S.Ct. Prac.R. II, Section 2(A)(1).
 
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