Vernon Boyd Beaty v. State

NUMBER 13-07-00447-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ VERNON BOYD BEATY, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the County Court at Law of Hardin County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza, and Benavides Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant, Vernon Boyd Beaty, 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).1 1 This appeal was transferred to this C ourt from the Ninth Court of Appeals by order of the Texas Suprem e Court. See T EX . G O V 'T C OD E A N N . § 22.220 (Vernon 2004) (delineating the jurisdiction of appellate courts); T EX . G O V 'T C OD E A N N . § 73.001 (Vernon 2005) (granting the suprem e court the authority to transfer 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 PER CURIAM Do not publish.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). Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed this 22nd day of May, 2008. cases from one court of appeals to another at any tim e that there is “good cause” for the transfer). 2