Attorneys for the state and defense worked into the night at a makeshift courtroom at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center as they narrowed down a pool of 79 potential jurors into a panel of 12 with at least two alternates.
By late Monday, attorneys were in the process of individually interviewing 55 people who said they couldn't be an impartial juror because of the nature of the case.
Joe Salinas, 42, is charged with a first-degree felony count of aggravated sexual assault of a child, which carries a punishment of five years to life in prison.
Details of the case against Salinas were not provided to the potential jurors during jury selection process.