Nunfio v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MALONEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of aggravated sexual assault and his punishment was assessed at sixty-five years imprisonment. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Nunfio v. State, 787 S.W.2d 143 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st] 1990). We granted appellant’s petition to decide whether it was error to bar appellant from asking the venire “about the victim being a nun.”

Prior to appellant’s voir dire, the State urged a motion in limine about discussing the facts of the case. It appears that both the State and appellant…