                             NUMBER 13-12-00135-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                    THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                      CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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WILLIAM EDWARD STERLING,                                                     Appellant,

                                            v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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              On Appeal from the 24th District Court
                   of Victoria County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
                   Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Vela
                       Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       Appellant, William Edward Sterling, pro se, 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Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
20th day of December, 2012.
