Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

In a prosecution of defendant for aggravated sexual assault of a child, judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed where: 1) defendant properly preserved for review his denied challenge for cause; and 2) the court of appeals was correct in concluding that the trial court abused its discretion by denying defendant's challenges for cause to jurors who unequivocally stated that they could not consider the minimum punishment, as a commitment question may include any or all of the statutory elements and statutory manners and means contained in the indictment, but the inclusion of evidentiary facts or non-statutory manners and means remains improper under the Standefer test.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/10/2010
• Published 11/10/2010

Judges

• Cochran

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel