( CNN ) -- Jury selection was under way Thursday in the case of a man accused of sexually assaulting a toddler and capturing it on videotape years ago , a crime that triggered a nationwide manhunt and search for the girl when the tape surfaced in 2007 . Chester Arthur Stiles faces life imprisonment if convicted of videtaping a sexual assault on a child . Chester Arthur Stiles , 38 , faces 22 felony counts in connection with the videotape , including lewdness with a child , sexual assault with a minor and attempted sexual assault with a minor . If convicted , he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison . Thursday is the third day of jury selection , said Michael Sommermeyer , spokesman for Clark County , Nevada , courts . Some 200 potential jurors were called , according to CNN affiliate KVBC . As of Thursday morning , only seven jurors had passed on to the next stage of selection , Sommermeyer said . Prosecutors hope to seat 15 jurors eventually , Sommermeyer told CNN , meaning they 'll want a pool of about 35 to pick from in the final stage . Picking a jury in the case is challenging , according to KVBC , not only because of the media attention the case has drawn , but because of the crimes Stiles is accused of . A questionnaire given to potential jurors has one question addressing the videotape : `` As a juror , despite the graphic nature of the videotape , can you promise to remain fair and impartial and objectively evaluate all evidence for returning a verdict ? '' `` One , you let them know what the case involves and they 've heard it on the news , it 's a little difficult to get over any preconceived notions that they had about the case , '' defense attorney Stacey Roundtree told KVBC . `` However , we do have faith in this community that they want to do the right thing , '' she said . `` Most of the jury trials I 've had , the jurors go out of their way to make the right decision . They go out of their way to follow the judge 's rules , and we 're confident we can have that happen in this case . '' The tape was given to authorities in September 2007 by a man who said he had found it in the desert five months before . On it , police found images of the small girl being sexually assaulted . After attempting unsuccessfully to find out the girl 's identity , authorities turned to the media for help and released a picture of the girl , and the case drew nationwide attention . She was found in October 2007 . An attorney for her mother said she was 7 years old and safe and healthy . The rape occurred before the girl 's third birthday while she was in the care of a baby sitter her mother had hired , he said . The mother did not know the girl had been victimized . After the girl was found , authorities asked CNN and other news organizations to stop showing her picture . Stiles , a resident of Pahrump , Nevada , was arrested in a traffic stop in October 2007 . Police said at the time they pulled Stiles ' car over because it had no license plate and became suspicious when the driver displayed an expired California license with a photo that did not match his appearance . `` He finally told us , 'Hey , I 'm Chester Stiles , ' '' said Henderson , Nevada , police Officer Mike Dye . `` ' I 'm the guy you 're looking for . '' Stiles told police he was `` sick of running , '' Dye said . The mother of the girl shown on the tape , meanwhile , went on `` The Dr. Phil Show '' after Stiles ' arrest , saying that while she was `` relieved , '' it would have been `` better if they found him dead . '' She said her daughter remembers nothing about the alleged assault . `` Nothing that I have seen in my career comes close to what this girl has gone through , '' Nye County , Nevada , Sheriff Tony DeMeo said during the manhunt for Stiles . The man who turned the tape over to authorities , Darrin Tuck , faced criminal charges because of the delay in turning it over , during which authorities alleged he showed it to others . A judge gave Tuck a one-year suspended sentence and three years of probation in April after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct a public officer , according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal . He initially had faced a felony count of possession of child pornography .
Chester Arthur Stiles faces 22 felony counts in connection with sex tape . Tape showed girl younger than 3 being sexually assaulted . Tape surfaced years after alleged assault . Potential jurors know about case , have strong feelings about it .