                           NUMBER 13-08-00441-CR

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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JESUS MALDONADO,                                                         Appellant,

                                         v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                       Appellee.

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             On Appeal from the 105th District Court
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

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

      Appellant, Jesus Maldonado, 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. Other pending motions, if any, are dismissed as

moot.



                                                PER CURIAM



Do not publish. See TEX . R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed
this 15th day of January, 2009.




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