






NUMBER 13-07-00447-CR


COURT OF APPEALS


THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS


CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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VERNON BOYD BEATY,	Appellant,

v.


THE STATE OF TEXAS,	Appellee.
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On Appeal from the County Court at Law

of Hardin County, Texas.

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MEMORANDUM OPINION


Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza, and Benavides 

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam


	Appellant, Vernon Boyd Beaty, 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). (1) 
	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Do not publish.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 22nd day of May, 2008.
1. This appeal was transferred to this Court from the Ninth Court of Appeals by order of the Texas
Supreme Court.  See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.220 (Vernon 2004) (delineating the jurisdiction of appellate
courts); Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 73.001 (Vernon 2005) (granting the supreme court the authority to transfer
cases from one court of appeals to another at any time that there is "good cause" for the transfer). 

