                           NUMBER 13-11-00496-CR

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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ERNEST VILLARREAL A/K/A
ERNESTO VILLARREAL,                                                         Appellant,

                                          v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 319th District Court
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                       MEMORANDUM OPINION
            Before Justices Rodriguez, Benavides, and Perkes
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Ernest Villarreal a/k/a Ernesto Villarreal, 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Do not publish.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 1st day of March, 2012.




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