Alford, Cecil Edward

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• holding that trial court satisfies article 38.22 requirement of making written findings regarding voluntariness of statement by making verbal findings on the record
• noting that booking-questions exception arose from “questions normally attendant to arrest and custody” language
• observing that Article 38.22 findings need not be made with “minute specificity” but must be sufficiently detailed to provide a basis on which to review the trial court’s application of law to facts
• “The Innis test focuses primarily upon the perceptions of the suspect, rather than the intent of the police.” (internal quotations omitted)
• Unpublished opinions cannot be cited as authority but can be cited to demonstrate conflict among the courts of appeals or to demonstrate how this Court and other courts have interpreted and applied constitutional law.
• Unpublished opinions cannot be cited as authority but can be cited to demonstrate conflict among the courts of appeals or to demonstrate how this Court and other courts have interpreted and applied constitutional law.

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