Rorex v. State

John E. Jennings, Judge.

Appellant, Harold Rorex, was found guilty by a jury of raping his two stepchildren and was sentenced by the court to thirty years imprisonment. Mr. Rorex contends on appeal that the trial court erred in refusing to permit him to exercise a peremptory challenge after the jury had been selected and in refusing to permit him to cross-examine the children about alleged prior sexual contact. We find no error and affirm.

Voir dire was completed on the Monday before the Wednesday of trial. The jury was “drawn and struck,” questions were asked of the panel by both the court and…