                            NUMBER 13-08-00471-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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LAWRENCE BENAVIDEZ,                                                          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 Garza
                  Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Lawrence Benavidez, 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Do not publish.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
31st day of August, 2010.




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