NUMBER 13-11-00280-CR

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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CLIFTON KEENE,                                                                          Appellant,

                                                             v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                                 Appellee.

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                           On appeal from the 105th District Court

                                       of Nueces County, Texas.

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                                     MEMORANDUM OPINION

                     Before Justices Benavides, Vela, and Perkes

                               Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Clifton Keene, 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Do not publish.  See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b). 

Delivered and filed the

4th day of August, 2011.