Gresham v. State

ROONEY, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment and sentence rendered after a jury trial in which appellant was found guilty of the crime of incest in violation of § 6-4-402, W.S.1977. The only issue on appeal is whether or not the trial court properly handled the voir dire process. Specifically, appellant contends that the court’s questions and comments to the jurors during the voir dire prevented the selection of fair-minded jurors.

We affirm.

The jury consisted of twelve people and one alternate. Each side had eight peremptory challenges, and fifteen of the sixteen peremptory challenges were…