                                     NUMBER 13-07-00447-CR

                                     COURT OF APPEALS

                       THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                           CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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VERNON BOYD BEATY,                                                                                  Appellant,

                                                         v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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             On Appeal from the County Court at Law
                   of Hardin County, Texas.
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                                     MEMORANDUM OPINION

     Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza, and Benavides
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

         Appellant, Vernon Boyd Beaty, 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).1

         1
          This appeal was transferred to this C ourt from the Ninth Court of Appeals by order of the Texas
Suprem e Court. See T EX . G O V 'T C OD E A N N . § 22.220 (Vernon 2004) (delineating the jurisdiction of appellate
courts); T EX . G O V 'T C OD E A N N . § 73.001 (Vernon 2005) (granting the suprem e court the authority to transfer
        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Do not publish.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).

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed
this 22nd day of May, 2008.




cases from one court of appeals to another at any tim e that there is “good cause” for the transfer).


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