Steadman v. State

in which KELLER, P.J., and WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.

In a single jury trial, the appellant was convicted of three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child. The jury assessed punishment at three life sentences for the aggravated assault convictions, two twenty-year sentences for the indecency convictions, and a $10,000 fine for each conviction. The trial court determined that the sentences should run concurrently. On appeal, the appellant argued that the trial court erred in excluding four members of his…