NUMBER 13-09-00349-CR

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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JOHNNY POLENDO MARTINEZ,                                                Appellant,

                                                             v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                                 Appellee.

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                           On appeal from the 117th District Court

                                       of Nueces County, Texas.

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                                       MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Yañez, Rodriguez, and Garza

                               Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Johnny Polendo Martinez, by and through his attorney, has filed a motion to dismiss his appeal because he no longer desires to prosecute it.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.2(a).  Without passing on the merits of the case, we grant the motion to dismiss pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.2(a) and dismiss the appeal. 

Having dismissed the appeal at appellant's request, no motion for rehearing will be

entertained, and our mandate will issue forthwith.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish. 

Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b). 

Delivered and filed

the 13th day of May, 2010.