In Re Jenkins

Walsh, Judge.

Appellant, Matthew Jenkins, appeals a decision of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, finding him delinquent by reason of attempted rape.

On May 27, 1994, the Middletown, Ohio Police Department filed a complaint in delinquency against appellant, then sixteen years of age, charging him with one count of rape. An adjudicatory hearing was held on June 3, 1994, at which time appellant, through counsel, entered an admission to an amended charge of attempted rape.

The court then engaged in the following colloquy with appellant:

“COURT: Matthew, do you understand…