COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

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ERIC GARAY,                                                 )                  No. 08-05-00310-CR

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                                    Appellant,                        )                              Appeal from

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v.                                                                          )                  143rd District Court

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THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                   )                  of Reeves County, Texas

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                                    Appellee.                          )                  (TC# 02-04-06619-CRR)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Pending before the Court is a motion to dismiss filed by the Appellant pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.2(a). Appellant has personally signed the withdrawal of the notice of appeal and has filed it filed prior to the appellate court’s decision. Further, Appellant filed a duplicate copy of the motion with this Court and that copy has been forwarded to the trial court clerk. Because Appellant has established compliance with the requirements of Rule 42.2(a), we dismiss the appeal.

March 9, 2006                                                            

                                                                                    ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice

Before Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.

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