COURT OF APPEALS

                                       SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                   FORT WORTH

NO. 2-08-044-CR

PATRICK BRAUN                                                        APPELLANT

                                                   V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS                                                                STATE

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             FROM THE 158^TH DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY

                  MEMORANDUM OPINION^[1] AND JUDGMENT

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We have considered AAppellant=s Motion To Abate Or Dismiss Appeal Without Prejudice.@  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 without prejudice. See id.; Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).                

PER CURIAM

PANEL D:   GARDNER, WALKER, and MCCOY, JJ.

DO NOT PUBLISH

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

DELIVERED: March 13, 2008