Order entered September 28, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-01197-CR
EDWARD LERON SATCHELL, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 6
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F12-24811-X
ORDER
The appellate record shows that on August 25, 2014, following voir dire, a hearing was
held before the trial court in this case to determine the voluntariness and admissibility of
appellant’s statement, State’s Exhibit 24. On the following day, August 26, 2014, shortly before
the start of trial, the trial court announced that, after reviewing case law, it had decided the
statement was admissible and that the Miranda warnings were appropriate and sufficient.
However, the appellate record does not contain any findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Article 38.22 section 6 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure provides that “[i]f the statement
has been found to have been voluntarily made and held admissible as a matter of law and fact by
the court in a hearing in the absence of the jury, the court must enter an order stating its
conclusion as to whether or not the statement was voluntarily made, along with the specific
findings of facts upon which the conclusion was based, which order shall be filed among the
papers of the cause.” See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 38.22 § 6.
We hereby ORDER the trial court to enter an order stating its conclusion as to whether
or not the statement was voluntarily made, along with the specific findings of facts on which that
conclusion was based, and to file a supplemental clerk’s record no later than THIRTY DAYS
from the date of this order.
This appeal is ABATED to allow the trial court to comply with the above order. The
appeal shall be reinstated following receipt of the supplemental clerk’s record.
/s/ DAVID L. BRIDGES
JUSTICE