Brown v. State

Full title: ALVIN BROWN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin

Date published: Jun 17, 2005

No. 03-04-00639-CR (Tex. App. Jun. 17, 2005)

Opinion

No. 03-04-00639-CR

Filed: June 17, 2005. DO NOT PUBLISH.

Appeal from the District Court of Caldwell County, 274th Judicial District, No. 2003-160, Honorable Charles R. Ramsay, Judge Presiding.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices PATTERSON and PURYEAR.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.

Appellant's motion to abate the appeal is granted. The district court shall prepare and file written findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding the voluntariness of the videotaped oral statement admitted as State's exhibit 15. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 38.22, § 6 (West 2005); Green v. State, 906 S.W.2d 937, 939-40 (Tex.Crim.App. 1995). The findings and conclusions shall be filed in a supplemental clerk's record no later than July 15, 2005. Appellant's motion to supplement the appellate record is granted. The record is ordered supplemented with copies of the audiotapes and videotapes admitted as State's exhibits 1, 2, 14, and 15, and as defense exhibit 2. The time for filing appellant's brief is extended to August 12, 2005.