*1 Dismissed; Opinion Filed September 18, 2017

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-17-00678-CR THYREN CLENT JUSTUS, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 363rd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F16-53093-W MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Lang, Evans, and Schenck Opinion by Justice Evans Before the Court is a letter from appellate counsel, dated September 5, 2017, which states appellant no longer wishes to pursue his appeal. Attached to the letter is appellant’s August 24, 2017 handwritten and signed statement, stating he no longer wishes to pursue this appeal. We shall treat the letters as a motion to dismiss the appeal. We grant the motion. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 42.2(a).

We dismiss this appeal and order that this decision be certified below for observance.

/David W. Evans/ Do Not Publish DAVID EVANS T EX . R. A PP . P. 47.2(b) JUSTICE

170678F.U05

Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

JUDGMENT THYREN CLENT JUSTUS, Appellant On Appeal from the 363rd Judicial District

Court, Dallas County, Texas No. 05-17-00678-CR V. Trial Court Cause No. F16-53093-W.

Opinion delivered by Justice Evans, Justices THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee Lang and Schenck participating.

Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS this appeal.

Judgment entered this 18th day of September, 2017.

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