COURT OF APPEALS

                                       SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                   FORT WORTH

NO. 2-05-302-CR

JOE EARL RODEN                                                       APPELLANT

                                                   V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS                                                                STATE

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        FROM COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT NO. 2 OF TARRANT COUNTY

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                  MEMORANDUM OPINION^[1] AND JUDGMENT

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We have considered AAppellant=s Motion To Withdraw Appeal.@  The motion complies with rule 42.2(a) of the rules of appellate procedure. Tex. R. App. P. 42.2(a).  No decision of this court having been delivered before we received this motion, we grant the motion and dismiss the appeal. See id.; Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).                                                                                                                             

PER CURIAM

PANEL D:   MCCOY, J., CAYCE, C.J.; and LIVINGSTON, J.

DO NOT PUBLISH

Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

DELIVERED: September 15, 2005