Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed December 21, 2006.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-06-01006-CR

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DANNY RAY McQUEEN, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 338th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 987295

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of indecency with a child and sentenced to confinement for ten years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, probated for ten years, on October 4, 2006.  Appellant filed a timely, written notice of appeal.

On November 7, 2006, the trial court conducted a hearing to determine whether appellant desired to prosecute his appeal, and if so, whether he was entitled to appointed counsel on appeal.  The record of the hearing was filed in this court on November 30, 2006.  At the hearing, appellant testified that he had discussed the matter with his appointed trial counsel and that he no longer wished to pursue his appeal. 

We will consider appellant=s request to withdraw his appeal, stated on the record, in lieu of a written motion to withdraw his notice of appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 2.  Appellant=s request is granted.

Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed December 21, 2006.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Fowler and Edelman.

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