Michael Anthony Duke v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 186th District Court of Bexar County

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

MICHAEL ANTHONY DUKE, )

) No. 08-06-00110-CR

Appellant, )

) Appeal from the

v. )

) 186th District Court

THE STATE OF TEXAS, )

) of Bexar County, Texas

Appellee. )

) (TC# 2003CR7288)

)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Pending before the Court is Appellant=s motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.2(a), which states that:

At any time before the appellate court=s decision, the appellate court may dismiss the appeal if the party that appealed withdraws its notice of appeal--by filing a written withdrawal in duplicate with the appellate clerk, who must immediately send the duplicate copy to the trial court clerk. An appellant must personally sign the written withdrawal.

Appellant has filed and personally signed the motion to dismiss. Appellant having complied with the requirements of Rule 42.2(a), the Court has considered this cause on Appellant=s motion and concludes the motion should be granted and the appeal should be dismissed. We therefore dismiss the appeal.

October 12, 2006

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

Before McClure, J., Chew, J., and Barajas, C.J. (Ret.)

Barajas, C.J. (Ret.)(Sitting by Assignment)

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