                           NUMBER 13-08-00008-CR

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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ROBERT WATSON,                                                              Appellant,

                                           v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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          On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 3
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Benavides
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Robert Watson, 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Do not publish.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).

Memorandum Opinion delivered and
filed this 19th day of February, 2009.




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