Avila v. State

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 of his confession outside the presence of the jury, and in admitting the confession in violation of the United States and Texas Constitutions. At trial, the State presented the testimony of…