NO. 07-08 -010 8-CR IN THE CO URT OF APPEA LS FO R THE S EVEN TH D ISTRI CT O F TEXAS

AT AM AR ILLO PAN EL D AU GU ST 7, 2 008

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___ CARL PINNER, APP ELL ANT

V. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 15 4 T H DI ST RI CTCOU RT OF L AM B CO UNT Y; NO . 374 8; H ON ORABLE FEL IX KLEI N, JU DG E

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____ Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRT LE, JJ. ON A BA TEMENT A ND R EMA ND A jury convicted app ellant Carl Pinn er of three coun ts of aggravated sex ual assa ult in v iol ati on of Penal C ode s e ct io n 2 2 .011( B) (i )( ii )( ii i) . Tex . Pe nal C ode An n. § 22.011( B) (i )( ii )( ii i)( Ver non Su pp. 2 007) . It sent enced hi m to l ife i n priso n a n d as ses sed a $1 0,0 00 f ine on each coun t. App ellantapp eals his conviction throu gh two issues. In his f irst issue, he asse rts the trial court erred in denyi ng his pretrial motio n to sup press a w ri tten confess ion bec ause the confess ion w as not v olu ntar y but the p ro ductof threats and coerci on.Te x . Code Cri m. Proc. Ann . art. 38 .22 (Vernon 200 5). 1 2 Pr ior to tr ial , app ell ant fil ed a w ri tten moti on s eeki ng su ppress ion of all w ri tten and v erba l state m e n t s h e mad e to law enforcem entand “others.” According to ap pellan t’s moti on, a ny

st atementswere obtai ned i n v iol ati on of ar ti cl e 38. 22 of the Cod e of Cr imi nal Proced ure as well a s specif ied provisions of the Untie d Sta tes an d T exas Constitut ions. 1 On t he day

of tr ial , t he cour

t condu cte d a h ear ing of appel lan t’ s mot ion to suppress . The Stat e c a lle d n o witness es but t he s tatementi n q uest ion was admitted for the hear ing throug h appell ant on cros s- ex aminat ion . Appel lan t’ s t est imony co nsi ste d pr imar il y

of the events he conte nds e stab lish his claim of inv olun tarine ss. At the co nclusion of app ellant ’s tes ti mony , t he c our

t orall y deni ed th e moti on to su ppress . The cour t di d not re duce it s o ra l re ndi ti on to w ri ti ng nor

di d i t i ss ue findi ng s o f factand conc lus ion s o f law . W hen the v olu ntar ine ss of a s tatementi s c hal len g ed, a rt ic le 38.22, se cti on 6 of the Cod e of Cr imi nal Procedu re re qui re s th e tri al cour t mak e w ri tten findi ng s o f factand conc lus ion s o f law

reg ardin g the v olu ntarin ess of the c hal len g ed s tatement . Tex . C ode Cr im. Proc. Ann. ar

t. 38.22 § 6 (Ver non 200 5) ; U r i a s v. Sta te , 1 5 5 S.W .3d 1 41, 1 42 (Tex .C ri m.App. 2005) . The findi ng s a nd c oncl usi ons are mandat or y w hether or not the defendant obj ect ed to thei r absen ce. U ri as , 155 S.W .3d a t 142 ; W icker v. Sta te , 740 S.W .2d 7 79, 7 83 ( Tex .C ri m.App. 1987) , cer t. denied, 485 U .S. 938, 108 S. C t. 1117, 99 L.Ed. 2d 278 (1 988) . “ [T]he t ri al cour t need not make f ind ing s of fact w it h minute s peci fici ty as to ever

y al leg ed and hy pothet ic al poss ibi li ty for physi cal or mental co erci on. But the t ri al cour t mus t mak e findi ng s of fact and conc lus ion s of l aw adeq uate to prov ide an a ppel lat e cour t w it h a b asi s u pon w hic h to rev iew the tr ial court 's appli cat ion of the la w to the fact s.”3

W icker , 740 S. W .2d a t 783 ( ci tati ons and i nter nal q uotat ion mar ks omi tted) . In t he absen ce of f ind ing s t o s uppor t a tr ial co urt’ s r uli ng on t he is sue of v olu ntar ine ss , t he appe al must be abat ed w it h d ire ct ions t o the tr ial co urt t o reduce to w ri ti ng i ts findi ng s a nd conc lus ion s o n the di sput ed i ss ues sur ro undi ng a defendant’ s w ri tten confess ion . Id . at 784. W e, t herefore, abate thi s a ppeal and re mand the ca se to th e tri al cour t w it h direct ion s t hat i t make w ri tten findi ng s o f factand conc lus ion s o f law rega rd ing the v olu ntar ine ss of appel lan t’ s s tatement . The tr ial j udg e may rev iew the re por

ter ’srecord to re fresh hisrecoll ect ion of the reason s for hi s r uli ng on t he i ss ue of v olu ntar ine ss . See W icker , 7 4 0 S.W .2d a t 784 . The findi ng s a nd c oncl usi ons shal l be i ncl uded i n a suppl emental cl er k’ s record to be f il ed w it h the cler k of thi s cour t on or before September 12, 2 008. On req uest , t he c ler k o f thisco urt s hal l make t he repor ter ’srecord of

the suppress ion hear ing and tr ial av ail abl e to the j udg e of the tr ial co urt. If app ellantf inds , a ft e r re v iew ing the trial court’s f indings and conclusio ns, it neces sar

y to amend or

su ppl ement hi s b ri ef, hisamended or supple mental bri ef shal l be f iled w ith the clerk o f

t h is c o u rtw ithin th irty

days of th e da te th e sup plem ent al record is file d . T e x . R . A p p . P . 3 8 . 6 ( a ) . I f a p p e l l a n tfi l e s a n a me n d e d o r s u p p l e me n t a l b r i e f, the Stat e s hal l hav e thi rty

days t hereafter to fil e a b ri ef in respon se. It isso ordered. Per C ur iam Do not p ubl is h.