NUMBER 13-02-222-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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ALFONSO PINA,                                                                   Appellant,

                                                   v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                          Appellee.

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                         On appeal from the 28th 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, ALFONSO PINA, perfected an appeal from an order entered by the  28th District Court of Nueces County, Texas,  in cause number 87-CR-1483-A.  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Do not publish.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 19^th day of September, 2002.