NUMBER 13-02-583-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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PAUL RALPH HENKE,                                                            Appellant,

                                                   v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                          Appellee.

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                       On appeal from the County Court at Law

                                 of Aransas County, Texas.

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                                   O P I N I O N

         Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Dorsey and Hinojosa

                                       Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, PAUL RALPH HENKE, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the  County Court at Law of Aransas County, Texas,  in cause number 19166.  Appellant has filed a motion to withdraw notice of 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 withdraw notice of appeal, is of the opinion that appellant's motion to withdraw notice of appeal should be granted.  Appellant's motion to withdraw notice of 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Do not publish.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 31st day of October, 2002.