State v. Consaul

982 S.W.2d 899, 1998 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 155, 1998 WL 812906

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 25, 1998
• Docket: 832-97
• Status: Published

Opinions

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Appellee was charged with capital murder, for the death of her 18 month old daughter. After making statements to the police, appel-lee claimed, on a pre-trial motion, that the statements she made were obtained in violation of her Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. As a result, she argued that they should be suppressed. The trial court granted appellee’s motion, and the State appealed. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court. State v. Consaul, 960 S.W.2d 680 (Tex.App.-El Paso 1997, pet. granted).

The State appealed, and we granted petitions for discretionary review filed by both the State Prosecuting Attorney and the District Attorney. However, after careful review of the appellate reeoi’d, the Court of Appeals’ opinion and the briefs and oral arguments before this Court, we conclude that our decision to grant review was improvident. See Tex.R.App. P. 69.3. Accordingly, the State’s petitions are dismissed. Just as in any case where this Court refuses to grant a petition for discretionary review, our decision to dismiss the State’s petitions as improvidently granted should not be construed as approval, of the Court of Appeals’ opinion. Hensarling v. State, 829 S.W.2d 168, 169 (Tex.Crim.App.1992); Walker v. State, 811 S.W.2d 181, 131 (Tex.Crim.App.1991).

PRICE, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which BAIRD, OVERSTREET and MEYERS, JJ., joined. KELLER, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which McCORMICK, P.J., and MANSFIELD and HOLLAND, JJ., joined.