NUMBER 13-00-531-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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LEONARD EATON,                                                                Appellant,

                                                   v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                          Appellee.

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                        On appeal from the 130th District Court

                                of Matagorda County, Texas.

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                                   O P I N I O N

                   Before Justices Dorsey, Rodriguez, and Castillo

                                       Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, LEONARD EATON, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 130th District Court of Matagorda County, Texas,  in cause number 99-J-237.  Appellant has filed a motion to withdraw the 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 the notice of appeal, is of the opinion that appellant's motion to withdraw the notice of appeal should be granted.  Appellant's motion to withdraw the 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Do not publish.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 23rd day of May, 2002.