                         NUMBER 13-11-00495-CR

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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GERARDO MALDONADO,                                                          Appellant,

                                           v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 445th District Court
                  of Cameron County, Texas.
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
            Before Justices Rodriguez, Benavides, and Perkes
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Gerardo Maldonado, 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Do not publish.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
29th day of December, 2011.




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