Stephen Petty John v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 21, 2022
• Docket: 13-22-00153-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-22-00153-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________

STEPHEN PETTY JOHN, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________

On appeal from the 272nd District Court of Brazos County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Benavides, Hinojosa, and Silva Memorandum Opinion by Justice Silva

This cause is before the Court on appellant’s motion to dismiss this appeal. 1 The

motion was signed by both counsel and the appellant. We find the motion meets the

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. 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. 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Do not publish.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 21st day of July, 2022.