Woodall v. State

OPINION

PATRICK A. PIRTLE, Justice.

This appeal involves an analysis of the limits to which a trial court can go during voir dire in order to insure that a fair and impartial jury is selected in a criminal case where the only issue is punishment. By one indictment, Appellant, William Kelly Woodall, was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, 2 six counts of indecency with a child 3 and two counts of sexual assault of a child. 4 Ultimately, he pleaded “no contest” to all ten counts; however, prior to the commencement of trial, he filed an Application for Probation. 5…