NUMBER 13-01-825-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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RICKY ORTIZ,                                                                      Appellant,

                                                   v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                          Appellee.

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                        On appeal from the 347th District Court

                                  of Nueces County, Texas.

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                                   O P I N I O N

                   Before Justices Dorsey, Rodriguez, and Castillo

                                       Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, RICKY ORTIZ, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the    347th District Court of Nueces County, Texas,  in cause number 99-CR-220-H.  On March 7, 2002, this cause was abated, and the trial court was directed to conduct a hearing in accordance with Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(2).  The trial court=s findings and recommendations were received on October 18, 2002.  The trial court found that the appellant does not wish to prosecute his appeal.

The Court, having considered the documents on file and the trial court=s findings and recommendations, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed.  The appeal is hereby DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed this

the 14th day of November, 2002.