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Commonwealth of Kentucky
Court of Appeals

NO.  2006-CA-000485-MR MICHAEL EDWARD MOORE APPELLANT
APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT
v. HONORABLE THOMAS L. CLARK, JUDGE ACTION NO. 05-CR-01373 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE AND NO.  2006-CA-000784-MR
MICHAEL EDWARD MOORE APPELLANT APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT
v. HONORABLE PAMELA R. GOODWINE, JUDGE ACTION NO.  05-CR-01159
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY APPELLEE
OPINION AFFIRMING ** ** ** ** ** BEFORE:  ACREE, DIXON, AND KELLER, JUDGES. DIXON, JUDGE:  In this consolidated action, Michael Moore appeals his convictions pursuant to two guilty pleas from Fayette Circuit Court.  Moore entered two conditional
guilty pleas pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S. Ct. 160, 27 L. Ed.

2d 162 (1970).  Moore reserved the right to appeal the trial court's adverse ruling on his pretrial motion in limine to exclude evidence under Kentucky Rules of Evidence (KRE) 404(b).  After reviewing the record on appeal, we affirm.
Moore was indicted by a Fayette County Grand Jury on September 12, 2005, and charged with failure to comply with sex offender registration (KRS 17.510) and being a persistent felony offender (PFO) first degree (KRS 532.081).1  Moore was subsequently indicted on October 25, 2005, and charged with first-degree sexual abuse (KRS 510.110) and being a PFO first degree.2
A trial date was set for February 9, 2006, in the sexual abuse case.  The Commonwealth gave notice pursuant to KRE 404(c) that it intended to introduce

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