NUMBER 13-01-675-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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LEXIE MARTIN HUGGINS,                                                      Appellant,

                                                   v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                          Appellee.

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                        On appeal from the 156th District Court

                                 of Live Oak County, Texas.

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                                   O P I N I O N

         Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Hinojosa and Yañez

                                       Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, LEXIE MARTIN HUGGINS, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 156th District Court of Live Oak County, Texas,  in cause number L-98-0008-CR-B.  On March 28, 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 April 12, 2002.  The trial court found that the appellant has abandoned 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Do not publish.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 2^nd day of May, 2002.