State of West Virginia v. Frank S.

Chief Justice KETOHUM:

The Petitioner and Defendant below, Prank S., appeals' the September 19, 2014, jury vérdict of the Circuit Court of Mononga-lia County finding him guilty of nine counts of rape, three' counts of incest, and eight counts of sodomy. 1 These twenty charges pertained to four girls, his two daughters and two step-daughters. In November of 2014, the circuit court sentenced him on each of the charges.

Petitioner asserts the circuit court erred in four ways: (1) denying his pre-trial motion to sever the charges against him; (2) allowing the State to amend the indictment as to‘the…