Vann v. State

OPINION

SCOTT BRISTER, Chief Justice.

Appellant Patrick Cornell Vann was certified to stand trial as an adult for capital murder, found guilty by a jury, and given a mandatory life sentence. See Tex. Pen. Code §§ 8.07(c), 12.31(a). He now appeals the trial court’s ruling on his motion to suppress a firearm and a statement he made in police custody. We affirm.

On November 30, 1999, appellant (who was fifteen at the time) and an accomplice robbed a convenience store. In the course of the robbery, appellant shot and killed the clerk. The following day, appellant used the same handgun in an…