State v. Huerta

OPINION

MOELLER, Vice Chief Justice.

FACTS

Defendant was charged with two counts of child molestation. The two counts involved separate incidents with different victims. During jury selection, the court asked the jury panel whether any of them would automatically feel defendant was guilty simply because a police officer had accused or arrested him. In response, one juror volunteered that, because defendant had been charged with two separate counts involving separate victims, he believed defendant was probably guilty.

On further questioning by the trial judge on whether he could be a fair and…