Jacob Thomas Layton v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 20, 2015
• Docket: 13-15-00259-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-15-00259-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________

JACOB THOMAS LAYTON, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________

On Appeal from the 105th District Court of Kleberg County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Benavides and Perkes Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Jacob Thomas Layton, perfected an appeal from his judgment of

conviction for the offense of burglary of a habitation committing a theft. Appellant, acting

by and through his attorney, has now filed a motion to dismiss his appeal because he no

longer desires to prosecute it. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.2(a). 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Do not publish.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).

Delivered and filed the 16th day of July, 2015.