Maddux v. State

OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Clayton Allen Maddux, guilty of murder. The jury assessed punishment at 30-years confinement. We affirm.

In his sixth point of error, appellant asserts the trial court abused its discretion in preventing him from asking a proper question on voir dire. Specifically, he complains the trial court prevented him from questioning the venire members on whether the fact a young child had been killed would influence their consideration of probation. The victim in the present case was a two- and-a-half year-old girl.

The standard of review in a case where…