             NUMBERS 13-07-00583-CR AND 13-07-00584-CR

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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GEORGE ARTHUR MERRILL,                                                      Appellant,

                                          v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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             On Appeal from the 105th District Court
                   of Kleberg County, Texas.
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

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

      Appellant, George Arthur Merrill, by and through his attorney, has filed motions to

dismiss his appeals because he no longer desires to prosecute them. See TEX . R. APP.

P. 42.2(a). Without passing on the merits of the cases, we grant appellant's motions to

dismiss pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.2(a) and dismiss the appeals.
Having dismissed the appeals at appellant's request, no motions for rehearing will be

entertained, and our mandates will issue forthwith.



                                                          PER CURIAM

Do not publish.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

Memorandum Opinion delivered and
filed this 21st day of August, 2008.




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