Gilbert Peckinpaugh (Defendant Below) V‪.‬

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted, after trial by jury, of Count I, Criminal Deviate Conduct, Ind. Code § 35-42-4-2(a)(1) (Burns 1979), Count II, Battery, Ind. Code § 35-42-2-1(3) (Burns 1979), and Count III, Child Molesting, Ind. Code § 35-42-4-3(b) (Burns 1979) and was sentenced to a total of thirty-one (31) years imprisonment. This direct appeal presents the following issues: