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THIS OPINIONISDESIGNATED "NOT TO BE PUBLISHED." PURSUANTTO THERULESOF CIVIL PROCEDUREPROMULGATEDBYTHE SUPREMECOURT, CR 76.28 (4) (c), THIS OPINION ISNOTTOBEPUBLISHEDANDSHALLNOTBE CITED OR USEDASAUTHORITYINANYOTHER CASE INANYCOURTOFTHISSTATE.
RENDERED: DECEMBER 18, 2003 NOTTO BE PUBLISHED
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2002-SC-0880-MR

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JAMES MELVIN RIGGS APPELLANT
APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT
V. HONORABLE BARRYWILLETT, JUDGE NO. 98-CR-0993
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE
MEMORANDUM OPINION OF THE COURT
AFFIRMING

Appellant, James Melvin Riggs, was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy in connection with the sexual molestation of his then stepdaughter. Appellant received five years on the sexual abuse charge and twenty years on the sodomy charge to run concurrently for a total of twenty years imprisonment. He was acquitted of the same charges brought in connection with his biological daughter. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right. Ky. Const.

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