HICKMAN, Justice.
This appeal raises the question of whether it is error to instruct the jury that rape can be committed by engaging in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity when only sexual intercourse is charged. We find no error since there is no demonstration of prejudice. There was substantial evidence of both sexual acts in this case.
This issue was first considered in Clayborn v. State,
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