Hicks v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of aggravated robbery. Punishment was assessed, after enhancement by a previous aggravated robbery conviction, at thirty-three years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

On appeal, appellant’s conviction was affirmed by the Fort Worth Court of Appeals. In their opinion, the court found that although “defendants are entitled to ask proper questions during voir dire to support peremptory challenges,” it was within the trial court’s discretion to limit appellant’s voir dire examination to…