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## COURT OF A PP EA LS T H I R T E E N T H D I S T R I C T O F T E X AS CORPUS CHRI ST I -E DI NBURG

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VA , A pp ellan t,

v . T H E STA

T E OF T EX

AS, A p p el le e.

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## ME MOR A ND UM OP IN ION Be fo re Ju stice s Y añ ez, R od rigu ez, an d Be na v ide s M emo rand um Opin ion Pe r Cu riam Appel lan t, Al do M arti n N av a, attempted to perfectan appeal from a conv icti on for ass aul t. W e di smi ss the appeal for want o f jur is dicti on. Senten ce in thi s matter w as impos ed on Oct ober 23, 2008. C ounse l filed a mot ion for new tr ial , and noti ce of appeal w as filed on Janua ry 28, 2 009. On Febr uar y 11, 2009,2

the Clerk of

this Court not if ied a p p e ll a n tt h at it app eare d tha t the app eal w as no t time ly per fected an d tha t t he appe al w oul d be dis mis sed if the defect was not c or re cte d w it hin ten days from the da te of

receipt of

the Cou rt’s directiv e. App ellanthas no t f iled a respo nse to t he C our

t’ s d irect iv e. Tex as Rul e of Appel lat e Proc edure 26.2 prov ide s t hat a n appea l is per fected w hen noti ce of appeal i s fil ed w it hin thi rty days a fter t he day

se ntenc e is impos ed or su spend ed in open cour

t unl ess a moti on for new tr ial i s t imel y

fil ed. T EX . R. A PP . P. 26 .2(a)(1). W here a t im e ly m o t io n fo r n e w tr ia l h a s b e e n f il e d , n o t ic e o f a p p e a l s h a ll b e f il e d wit h in n in e ty d a ys after the senten ce is imposed or su spend ed i n open cour t. T EX . R. A PP . P. 26.2( a) (2 ). The ti me w it hin w hic h to file the noti ce may be enl arg ed if, w it hin fifteen days a fter t he dead li ne for f iling the notice , the party f iles the no tice of app eal and a motion comp ly ing w ith Rule 10.5( b) of the Texas Rul es of Appel lat e Procedu re . See i d. 26.3
. Appel lan t t imel y

fil ed a moti on for new tr ial
. Therefore, his noti ce of appeal w as due to ha v e been filed on o r before Janua ry 21, 2009. SeeT EX . R. A PP . P. 26. 2(a)(2). Al th o u gh t h e no ti ce of

ap p e a l h e re in w a s f ile d w it h in th e 15 -d a y tim e p e r i o d fo r f ili n g a mo ti on for

e xte ns i on o f t i me t o fi l e no ti c e of a pp ea l , no s uc h mo ti on for e xte ns i on o f t i me w as filed
. See id. 26.3
. This C our

t' s a ppel lat e j ur is dicti on i n a c ri minal ca se is i nv oked b y a ti mely fil ed noti ce of appeal
. Ol

iv o v . St ate , 918 S.W .2d 519, 522 (Tex . Cr im. App. 1996)
. “W hen a noti ce of ap peal is filed w it hin the fifteen-da y per iod but n o ti mely moti on for extens ion of time is filed, the ap pellat e cou rt l acks jurisdiction. ” Olivo , 918 S.W .2d a t 522
. Abs ent a ti mely fil ed not ic e of appeal , a cour t of appeals does not obtain jur is dicti on to address the meri ts of the appe al in a c rim in a l ca se a n d ca n tak e no act ion othe r than to di smi ss the3

appeal for want o f jur is dicti on. Sl aton v. State , 981 S.W .2d 2 08, 2 10 ( Tex
. Crim . App. 1998)
. Appel lan t may be enti tl ed to an out- of-ti me appeal by fili ng a po st- conv icti on w ri t of habeas co rp us re tur nabl e to the Texas Cou rtof Cr imi nal Appea ls ; howev er , t he av ail abi li ty of t hat re medy is bey ond the jur is dicti on of this C our t. SeeT EX . C OD E C R IM . P ROC . A NN . art. 11.07, § 3( a) ( Ver non 200 5) ; see a ls o E x p a rte Garcia , 98 8 S. W .2 d 24 0 ( Tex
. C r i m. App . 199 9). The appeal i s D ISM ISSE D FO R W AN T OF JU RI SD IC TION
. P E RC U R I A M Do not p ubl is h. T EX . R. A PP . P. 47 .2(b). Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv ered and filed thi s t he 4th d ay

of June, 2009.