                                 NUMBER 13-17-00553-CR

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                      THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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JAMES EDWARD CASTILLEJA JR.,                                                              Appellant,

                                                   v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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              On appeal from the 20th District Court
                    of Milam County, Texas.
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                               MEMORANDUM OPINION

   Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Contreras and Hinojosa
            Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Valdez

        Appellant, James Edward Castilleja Jr., by and through his attorney, has filed a

motion to dismiss his appeal because he no longer desires to prosecute it.1 See TEX. R.



        1This case is before the Court on transfer from the Third Court of Appeals in Austin pursuant to a
docket equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001
(West, Westlaw through 2017 R.S.).
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.



                                                     /s/ Rogelio Valdez
                                                     ROGELIO VALDEZ
                                                     Chief Justice

Do not publish.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

Delivered and filed the
26th day of October, 2017.




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