Court Opinion

ID: 9374116
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-02-22 16:22:04.310289+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:44.862482
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NUMBER 13-22-00620-CR

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                      THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
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                EX PARTE DANIEL AINSWORTH
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              On appeal from the 85th District Court
                   of Brazos County, Texas.
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                              MEMORANDUM OPINION

    Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Silva
                Memorandum Opinion by Justice Silva

        This cause is before the Court on appellant’s notice of withdrawal of defendant’s

appeal and motion for nonsuit which are construed together as a voluntary motion to

dismiss. 1 The motion was signed by the appellant, and he is not represented by counsel.

We find the motion meets the requirement of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.2(a)

that appellant and attorney must sign a written motion to dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R.

        1
          This case is before the Court on transfer from the Tenth Court of Appeals pursuant to a docket
equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001.
APP. P. 42.2(a). Without passing on the merits of the case, the motion to dismiss is

granted.

      Accordingly, the appeal is hereby dismissed. Having dismissed the appeal at

appellant’s request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained.

                                                              CLARISSA SILVA
                                                              Justice

Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed on the
16th day of February, 2023.

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