NUMBER 13-21-00055-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG CLARENCE ELLIS WADE, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. On appeal from the 25th District Court of Lavaca County, Texas. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Tijerina Memorandum Opinion by Justice Longoria Appellant Clarence Ellis Wade filed a motion to dismiss this appeal indicating he no longer wishes to prosecute his appeal. The motion was signed by both counsel and the appellant; additionally, an affidavit, signed and sworn-to by appellant, is attached to the motion. We find the motion and affidavit meet the requirement of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.2(a) that appellant and attorney must sign a written motion to dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.2(a). Without passing on the merits of the case, we grant the motion to dismiss and dismiss the appeal. NORA L. LONGORIA Justice Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b). Delivered and filed on the 1st day of April, 2021. 2