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RENDERED: APRIL 25, 2013 TO BE PUBLISHED

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2009-SC-000726-MR

STEPHON NEWCOMB

APPELLANT

V.

ON APPEAL FROM SCOTT CIRCUIT COURT HONORABLE PAUL F. ISAACS, JUDGE NO. 07-CR-00084

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

APPELLEE

OPINION OF THE COURT BY CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON
AFFIRMING

A circuit court jury convicted Stephon Newcomb of two counts of firstdegree rape, one count of first-degree criminal trespass, and one count of intimidating a participant in a legal proceeding. Newcomb received a sentence of 25 years' imprisonment for his convictions. He now appeals from the judgment as a matter of right,' contending 1) the trial court erroneously declined to sever the charges involving two alleged female victims for separate trials; 2) he was entitled to a directed verdict on the rape charges relating to one of the alleged victims;

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