NUMBER 13-10-00131-CR

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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EMMANUEL WASHINGTON,                                                       Appellant,

                                                             v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                                 Appellee.

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                           On appeal from the 214th District Court

                                       of Nueces County, Texas.

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                                       MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Yañez, Rodriguez, and Garza

                               Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Emmanuel Washington, by and through his attorney, has filed a motion to withdraw 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 withdraw the appeal and pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.2(a), 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Do not publish.  See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b). 

Delivered and filed the

6th day of May, 2010.