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FOR PUBLICATION
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: MARK SMALL Indianapolis, Indiana Lafayette, Indiana ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: GREGORY F. ZOELLER Attorney General of Indiana JOBY D. JERRELLS Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana

FILED
Aug 27 2010, 9:20 am
of the supreme court, court of appeals and tax court

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
BRIAN S. ADCOCK, Appellant-Defendant, vs. STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee-Plaintiff. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

CLERK

No. 47A01-0912-CR-591

APPEAL FROM THE LAWRENCE CIRCUIT COURT The Honorable Andrea K. McCord, Judge Cause No. 47C01-0805-FA-288

August 27, 2010 OPINION - FOR PUBLICATION

BAKER, Chief Judge

Appellant-defendant Brian S. Adcock appeals his convictions for two counts of Child Molesting,1 a class A felony, two counts of Sexual Misconduct with a Minor, 2 a class B felony, and the finding that he was a Repeat Sexual Offender (RSO).3 Specifically, Adcock argues that his convictions must be set aside because the trial court improperly permitted the prosecutor to analogize the standard of proof to a jigsaw puzzle during voir dire, that the trial court erred in allowing the State to amend its notice to have Adcock sentenced as an RSO, and that his convictions for both child molesting and sexual misconduct with a minor violated the prohibitions against double jeopardy. Concluding that the trial court did not err in permitting the prosecutor to present the jigsaw puzzle analogy during voir dire and finding no other error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. FACTS L.P., her mother, and Adcock were living together in Bedford with L.P.'s brothers. Adcock and L.P.'s mother married when L.P. was twelve years old. L.P. was born on September 21, 1988, and when she was a third grade student, Adcock would enter her bedroom in the morning approximately once a week and fondle her breasts. Adcock also touched L.P.'s "private area" on top of her clothes and would

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