Lawrence Benavidez v. State

                                       NUMBER 13-08-00471-CR

                                  COURT OF APPEALS

                      THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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LAWRENCE BENAVIDEZ,                                                              Appellant,

                                                             v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                                  Appellee.

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                             On Appeal from the 117th District Court

                                        of Nueces County, Texas.

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                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Yañez and Garza       

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Lawrence Benavidez, by and through his attorney, has filed a motion to dismiss his appeal because he no longer desires to prosecute it.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.2(a).  Without passing on the merits of the case, we grant the motion to dismiss pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.2(a) and 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Do not publish. 

See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b). 

Delivered and filed the

31st day of August, 2010.