Opinion ID: 2237480
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Text: Defendant next raises two unrelated challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence. He first contends that the Rape and Criminal Deviate Conduct were accomplished while he was unarmed, based upon the prosecutrix's statement that she did not see the gun after she left her car and the accomplice's statement that on March 31, 1979 and April 1, 1979 he had the gun. The accomplice's statement is lifted out of context on cross-examination and does not contradict the accomplice's testimony that Defendant pointed the gun at the prosecutrix. The evidence demonstrates that the gun was intended to intimidate the victim and that it accomplished that purpose. Taylor v. State, (1982) Ind., 438 N.E.2d 294. The prosecutrix testified that Defendant threatened to kill her if she did not cooperate. To sustain a conviction for a Class A felony, it is not necessary that the weapon be held on the victim of a sex crime at all times. Dean v. State, (1980) Ind., 398 N.E.2d 1270, 1272. The evidence is sufficient to allow the jury to find that Defendant was armed. Taylor v. State, supra ; Deel v. State, (1976) 265 Ind. 577, 581, 357 N.E.2d 240, 242; Critchlow v. State, (1976) 264 Ind. 458, 466-67, 346 N.E.2d 591, 597. Defendant's second argument under this issue asks us to rejudge the credibility of the accomplice's testimony, which we will not do unless that testimony is inherently incredible. Bentley v. State, (1981) Ind., 414 N.E.2d 573, 574. During (accomplice's) testimony, he was unable to give specific answers to questions with regard to times and places on March 31, 1979 (R. 313, L. 23 to R. 314, L. 5). He also indicated that on that date he had consumed large quantities of drugs and alcohol (R. 318, L. 8 to R. 319, L. 23). He did not recall where he drove after the alleged abduction of (the prosecutrix) (R. 328, L. 13-20). He also admitted writing a letter to Forrester wherein he admitted that the police told him what to say that they wanted Forrester (R. 624, L. 5 to R. 628, L. 3). Appellant's Brief at 63. These matters do not render the witness' testimony inherently incredible. Taylor v. State, (1981) Ind., 425 N.E.2d 141, 143; Kilgore v. State, (1979) Ind., 391 N.E.2d 820, 821.