*1 In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-16-00157-CR ____________________ MELDON GALE COLLINS, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

_______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the 221st District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 16-01-00677-CR ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION

Meldon Gale Collins has filed a motion to dismiss his appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.2. A request to dismiss the appeal is signed by appellant personally and joined by counsel of record. No opinion has issued in this appeal. The motion is granted, and the appeal is therefore dismissed.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

________________________________ LEANNE JOHNSON Justice 1

Submitted on October 18, 2016

Opinion Delivered October 19, 2016

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Before McKeithen, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.

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