                            NUMBER 13-09-00164-CR

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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MAXIMO VALDEZ,                                                               Appellant,

                                            v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 319th District Court
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

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

       Appellant, Maximo Valdez, by and through his attorney, has filed a motion to

withdraw 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 withdraw 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Do not publish.
See TEX . R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Memorandum Opinion delivered and
filed this 11th day of June, 2009.




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