Mahoney v. State

STATON, Judge.

Patrick Mahoney was convicted by jury of the crime of incest1 with his stepdaughter, C. He was sentenced to a prison term of two to twenty-one years.

On appeal, Mahoney contends that numerous errors were committed at his trial. We find no error and we affirm.

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Voir Dire of Jurors

During voir dire examination the State asked prospective jurors how old their children were. Mahoney's objection to this line of questioning was overruled.

*593On appeal Mahoney claims the State used the questioning to influence the jurors to hear the inflammatory evidence of C.'s age at the time of the…