Zhi Jun Xu v. State

Opinion by:

SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.

Zhi Jun “Frank” Xu appeals the trial court’s judgment convicting him of murder and sentencing him to twenty-five years imprisonment. We hold the trial court erred in denying Xu’s motion to suppress his second written statement and therefore reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand the cause for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Standard of Review

We review a trial court’s suppression ruling under the abuse of discretion standard. See Guzman v. State, 955 S.W.2d 85, 89 (Tex.Crim.App.1997). Under this standard, we afford almost total…