NUMBER 13-14-00020-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ MARK MERU, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 117th District Court of Nueces County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Perkes Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant, Mark Meru, by and through his attorney, has filed an amended motion to withdraw his appeal based on the unique procedural history of this case. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.2(a). Without passing on the merits of the case, we grant the amended motion to withdraw the appeal and pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.2(a), dismiss the appeal. Having dismissed the appeal at appellant’s request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained, and our mandate will issue forthwith. PER CURIAM Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b). Delivered and filed the 13th day of February, 2014. 2