Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-15 08:09:58.658396+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:19:07.742484
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In the
        Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
         at Fort Worth
    ___________________________

         No. 02-23-00336-CR
    ___________________________

  SHAY DERRICK HUGHES, Appellant

                   V.

        THE STATE OF TEXAS

  On Appeal from the 43rd District Court
         Parker County, Texas
      Trial Court No. CR23-0122

 Before Womack, Wallach, and Walker, JJ.
 Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack
                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

       After the attorney for Appellant Shay Derrick Hughes filed a motion to

withdraw, we granted the motion, abated this appeal, and remanded the case for a

hearing in the trial court to determine, among other things, whether Hughes wanted

to proceed with this appeal. At the hearing, Hughes stated that he no longer wished

to pursue his appeal. After we received the abatement hearing record, we reinstated

this appeal.

       Hughes has not moved to dismiss his appeal under Rule 42.2(a) of the Texas

Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.2(a). However, he has stated on

the record that he no longer wishes to pursue his appeal. Based on the record before

us, we hold that good cause exists to suspend Rule 42.2(a) in this case, and we dismiss

this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 2; Kamara v. State, No. 02-22-00238-CR, 2023 WL

6151725, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Sept. 21, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op., not

designated for publication) (suspending Rule 42.2(a) and dismissing appeal after

appellant stated on the record that he no longer wished to pursue his appeal); Detwiler

v. State, No. 02-18-00457-CR, 2019 WL 984179, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth

Feb. 28, 2019, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (similar).

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                                /s/ Dana Womack

                                Dana Womack
                                Justice

Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

Delivered: April 11, 2024

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