NUMBER 13-02-507-CR

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                    CORPUS CHRISTI

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ROY D. CHILDERS,                                                                          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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                                          O P I N I O N

                     Before Justices Dorsey, Rodriguez, and Castillo

                                             Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, ROY D. CHILDERS, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 36th District Court of San Patricio County, Texas,  in cause number S-93-3008CR.  Appellant has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal.  The motion complies with Tex. R. App. P. 42.2(a).

The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant=s motion to dismiss the appeal, is of the opinion that appellant's motion to dismiss the appeal should be granted.  Appellant's motion to dismiss the appeal is granted, and the appeal is hereby DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed this

the 21st day of November, 2002.