Gomes v. State

*171OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

DON WITTIG, Justice.

Appellant filed a motion for rehearing in this case. See Tex.R.App. P. 49.1. We granted the motion to conduct an en banc review of the correctness of this Court’s earlier, unpublished decision. We withdraw our initial opinion of March 4, 1999, and substitute this opinion in its stead.

Denis Maricler Gomes (Appellant) was indicted for the first degree felony offense of murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.02(b) (Vernon 1994). Following the denial of her motion to suppress her confession, Appellant pled nolo contendere. The trial court…