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AVILA v. STATE

No. 08-91-00424-CR.

856 S.W.2d 260 (1993)

Juan Manuel AVILA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

June 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Underwood, Comstock, Mark Stevens, San Antonio, for appellant.

J.W. Johnson, Jr., Dist. Atty., Ft. Stockton, for the State.

Before OSBORN, C.J., and KOEHLER and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

Juan Manuel Avila appeals his conviction for murder. We abate the appeal and remand to the trial court for hearing and findings on the voluntariness of Avila's written statement, as mandated by Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 389, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 1797, 12 L.Ed.2d 908 (1964).

In four points of error, Avila claims the court erred by not permitting him to testify on the voluntariness...

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