NUMBER 13-24-00245-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

JOHN CREE A/K/A JOHN MICHAEL CREE, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

ON APPEAL FROM THE 462ND DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Tijerina and Peña Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina This cause is before the Court on appellant’s motion to dismiss this appeal.1 The motion was signed by both counsel and the appellant. We find the motion meets the requirement of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.2(a) that appellant and attorney

1 This case is before the Court on transfer from the Second Court of Appeals pursuant to a docket equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001. must sign a written motion to dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.2(a).

Accordingly, the motion to dismiss is granted. Without passing on the merits of the case, the appeal is hereby dismissed. Having dismissed the appeal at appellant’s request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained.

JAIME TIJERINA Justice Do not publish.

TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed on the 27th day of June, 2024.