                                 NUMBER 13-17-00226-CR

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                      THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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MARTIN VAZQUEZ GUTIERREZ,                                                                 Appellant,

                                                   v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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              On appeal from the 22nd District Court
                    of Hays County, Texas.
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                            MEMORANDUM OPINION
              Before Justices Rodriguez, Longoria, and Hinojosa
                  Memorandum Opinion by Justice Longoria

        Appellant, Martin Vazquez Gutierrez, by and through his attorney, has filed a

motion to dismiss his appeal because he no longer desires to prosecute it.1 See TEX. R.



        1This case is before the Court on transfer from the Third Court of Appeals in Austin pursuant to a
docket equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001
(West, Westlaw through 2017 R.S.).
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.



                                                          NORA L. LONGORIA
                                                          Justice


Do not publish.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the
25th day of January, 2018.




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