COKELEY v. STATE

No. CR 85-147.

705 S.W.2d 425 (1986)

288 Ark. 349

Dickie COKELEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied April 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Davis, Texarkana, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Connie Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


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, 278 Ark. 533,...

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