NUMBER 13-02-005-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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JOSHUA RENE VILLARREAL,                                                 Appellant,

                                                   v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                          Appellee.

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                          On appeal from the 93^rd District Court

                                  of Hidalgo County, Texas.

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                                   O P I N I O N

                  Before Justices Dorsey, Hinojosa, and Rodriguez

                                       Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, JOSHUA RENE VILLARREAL, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 93^rd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas,  in cause number CR-863-97-B.  The State and counsel for appellant have now filed a joint motion to dismiss and permanently abate the appeal due to the death of appellant, Joshua Rene Villarreal. 

In accordance with Tex. R. App. P. 7.1(a)(2), we hereby order this appeal permanently ABATED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed this

the 18^th day of July, 2002.