State v. Jonathan Adam Rivera

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 2, 2019
• Docket: 10-19-00265-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-19-00265-CR

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellant v.

JONATHAN ADAM RIVERA, Appellee

From the County Court Limestone County, Texas Trial Court No. 39084

ABATEMENT ORDER

The State moves to abate this appeal and to remand to the trial court for entry of

findings of fact and conclusions of law. The State requested findings of fact and

conclusions of law after the trial court granted Defendant Jonathan Adam Rivera’s

motion to suppress. Although approximately two months have passed since the State

filed its request, the trial court has not entered findings of fact and conclusions of law.

When the losing party on a motion to suppress requests findings of fact and

conclusions of law, the trial court must issue them in order for the court of appeals to properly review the trial court’s ruling. State v. Oages, 210 S.W.3d 643, 644 (Tex. Crim.

App. 2006); State v. Cullen, 195 S.W.3d 696, 698-99 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).

We grant the State’s motion to abate. This appeal is abated to enable the trial court

to enter findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding the granting of Rivera’s motion

to suppress.

The trial court shall, within twenty (20) days from the date of this order: (1) make

appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law; and (2) deliver the findings of fact

and conclusions of law to the trial court clerk.

The trial court clerk shall: (1) prepare a supplemental clerk’s record containing the

findings of fact and conclusions of law that the trial court renders; and (2) file the

supplemental clerk’s record with the Clerk of this Court within forty-five (45) days after

the date of this order.

The Appellant’s brief will be due thirty (30) days after the supplemental clerk’s

record is filed. The Appellee’s brief will be due thirty (30) days after the Appellant’s brief

is filed.

PER CURIAM

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Neill Motion granted; case abated and remanded Order issued and filed October 2, 2019 RWR

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