The State of Texas v. Brandon James Cielencki

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-22-00742-CR The State of Texas, Appellant v. Brandon James Cielencki, Appellee FROM THE 433RD DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY NO. CR2017-097, THE HONORABLE DIB WALDRIP, JUDGE PRESIDING CONCURRING OPINION I join the majority and write separately to acknowledge an elephant in the room— the difficulty of discerning, and applying, the correct standard of review to a trial court’s voluntariness decision when that decision is made from virtually uncontested facts apparent on a videotape of an interrogation. “Constitutional and statutory…