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COM. v. MINOR

Record No. 030401.

591 S.E.2d 61 (2004)

267 Va. 166

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Kurvyn Darnell MINOR.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 16, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Judge, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellant.

(Brent A. Jackson, Richmond; Wendell Allen; Fred A. Dixon; Hill, Tucker, Marsh & Jackson, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and COMPTON, S.J.

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this appeal, we consider whether a defendant, who was indicted for offenses against three victims occurring on three different dates, should have been granted separate trials for the offenses allegedly committed against each victim. We conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to sever the charges because evidence of the other crimes was not relevant to the only contested issue, whether...

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