                            NUMBER 13-11-00357-CR

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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 RICHARD ALVAREZ,                                                            Appellant,

                                           v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                  Appellee.
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           On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 4
                    of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Benavides
                     Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Richard Alvarez, 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Do not publish.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
20th day of October, 2011.




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