Vernon Boyd Beaty v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 22, 2008
• Docket: 13-07-00447-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

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Do not publish.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).