                           NUMBER 13-09-00541-CR

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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ANTHONY SATTERWHITE,                                                   APPELLANT,

                                          v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                               APPELLEE.
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              On appeal from the 117th District Court
                    of Nueces County, Texas.
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                        MEMORANDUM OPINION

          Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Yañez and Vela
                     Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Anthony Satterwhite, 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Do not publish.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 7th day of January, 2010.




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