                            NUMBER 13-12-00593-CR

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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ISMAEL SALINAS,                                                             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, Ismael Salinas, 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.

Do not publish.                                              PER CURIAM
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
15th day of November, 2012.
