                            NUMBER 13-09-00459-CR

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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VIDAL JOE SANCHEZ,                                                          Appellant,

                                           v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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              On appeal from the 36th District Court
                 of San Patricio County, Texas.
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                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

    Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Garza
                  Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Vidal Joe Sanchez, by and through his attorney, has filed a withdrawal

of notice of appeal and request for dismissal 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 withdraw the appeal and dismiss the appeal pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate

Procedure 42.2(a). 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Do not publish.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).
Memorandum Opinion delivered and
filed this the 1st day of October, 2009.




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