Opinion
NO. 14-16-00455-CR
09-15-2016
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellant v. ERIC CORNELIUS NORRIS, JR., Appellee
On Appeal from the 268th District Court Fort Bend County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 14-DCR-067319
ABATEMENT ORDER
This appeal by the State follows the trial court's order granting appellee's motion to suppress his oral statement. On June 8, 2016, the State filed a motion in the trial court requesting the court to enter findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding its order. No findings of fact or conclusions of law were entered. On August 24, 2016, the State filed a motion in this court asking that we direct the trial court to enter findings and conclusions. No response to the motion has been filed.
When the losing party on a motion to suppress requests findings of fact and conclusions of law, the trial court is required to make them. State v. Cullen, 195 S.W.3d 696, 698-99 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). Accordingly, the State's motion is GRANTED. The trial court is directed to reduce to writing its findings of fact and conclusions of law on the suppression of appellee's statement and have a supplemental clerk's record containing those findings filed with the clerk of this court on or before October 17, 2016.
The appeal is abated, treated as a closed case, and removed from this Court's active docket. The appeal will be reinstated on this Court's active docket when the trial court's findings and recommendations are filed in this Court. The Court will also consider an appropriate motion to reinstate the appeal filed by either party.
PER CURIAM