                                  NUMBER 13-10-00596-CR

                                  COURT OF APPEALS

                      THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                          CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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ALAN DOUGLAS DOBBINS,                                                                        Appellant,

                                                     v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 357th District Court
                  of Cameron County, Texas.
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                                MEMORANDUM OPINION

                    Before Justices Rodriguez, Vela, and Perkes
                         Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

        Appellant, Alan Douglas Dobbins, by and through his attorney, has filed a motion

to withdraw and dismiss his appeal because he no longer desires to prosecute it.1 See

TEX. R. APP. P. 42.2(a). Without passing on the merits of the case, we grant the motion

        1
           The motion was incorrectly filed with the trial court and upon receipt of the document it has been
filed with this Court.
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Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the 15th
day of September, 2011.




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