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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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T E OF T EX

AS, A PP EL L EE .

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## ME MOR A N D U M OP I N I ON B ef or e Just i ces Ro dr i guez, G ar za, and V el a M em or andu m O pi ni on P erC ur i am Appel lan t, Ri chard Mar ti nez , Jr ., attempt ed to per fect an appeal from a conv icti on for attempted sex ual as saul t. W e di smi ss the appeal for want o f jur is dicti on. T h is Cou rt 's appel lat e j ur is dicti on i n a c ri minal ca se is i nv oked by a t imel y fil ed noti ce of appeal
. Ol

iv o v . St ate , 918 S.W .2d 519, 522 (Tex . Cr im. App. 1996)
. Abse nt a2

ti mely fil ed not ic e of appeal , a cour t of appeals does nothav e j ur is dicti on to address the meri ts of the appe al and c an ta ke n o acti on ot her than to dis mis s t he appe al for want o f jur is dicti on. Sl

aton v. State , 981 S.W .2d 2 08, 2 10 ( Tex . C ri m. App. 1998)
. App ellantpled guilty

on Jan uary 17, 200 8, f iled a mo tion for n ew trial on Febru ary 15, 2 008, and fil ed hi s n oti ce of appeal on A pr il 25, 2008. On Ma y 13, 2008, the C ler k o f thi s C our t not ified appel lan t t hat i t app eared th at t he appe al w as not ti mely per fected an d that the appeal w oul d be dis mis sed if the defect was not c or re cte d w it hin ten days from the dat e of receipt of

the Cou rt’s directiv e. App ellant ’s counse l filed a respo nse to the Cou rt’s direct ive, i ndi cat ing thatthe noti ce of appeal w as not t imel y fil ed. W here a t imel y

moti on for new tr ial has been filed , the noti ce of ap peal must be fil ed w it hin ni nety

days a fter t he day

se ntenc e i s i mposed or su spend ed in ope n c our t. See i d. 2 6
. 2 (a )( 2 ). T h e t im e wit h in wh ic h t o f il e t h e n o t ic e m a y b e e n la rg e d if , wit h in f ift e e n d a ys after the d eadl ine for fil ing the noti ce, the par ty fil e s th e n o tice of appeal and a moti on compl y ing w it h R ule 10.5 (b ) of the Texas R ule s o f Appell ate P ro cedure. See i d. 26.3
. 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 i

d. Appel lan t’ s n oti ce of appeal w as unti mely , and accordin g ly , w e l ack j ur is dicti on ov er the appeal
. See Slaton , 98 1 S. W .2 d at 21 0. Ap pe l l an t ma y be en ti tl ed to a n ou t- of- ti me appeal by

fil ing a po st- conv icti on w ri t of habeas co rp us re tur nabl e t o t h e Tex as Cou rtof Criminal App eals; how ever, the availability of thatreme dy is beyond the jurisdiction of this3

Cou rt . SeeT EX . C OD E C R IM . P ROC . A NN . a rt . 11. 07, § 3( a) (Ver non 200 5) ; see als o Ex parte Garcia , 988 S.W .2d 240 (Tex. Cr im. Ap p. 19 99). Addi ti onal ly , t he tr ial co urt has ce rtif ied thatthi s “ is a pl ea- barg ain ca se, and the defend anthas NO rig ht of app eal.” SeeT EX . R. A PP . P. 25 .2(a)(2). On Au gust8 , 2 0 0 8, th is Court notif ied ap pellan t’s coun sel of the trial court’s cer ti ficat ion and ordered couns el to: (1 ) re v iew the re cord; ( 2) dete rmi ne w hether appel lan t has a rig ht t o a ppe al; an d (3) fo rw ard to th is Cou rt , by l etter , c ounse l’ s fin din g s a s t o w hether appel lan t has a r ig ht t o appea l, or , a lt e rn a ti v ely , adv is e thi s C our t as to the ex is tenc e of any

amended cer

ti ficat ion
. On Se pte mb er 10, 2 008 , coun sel f iled a lette r brief w ith t h is C o u rt . Counse l’s respo nse doe s n ot esta blish tha t the ce rtif ication cu rrently on f ile w ith this Court is incorrect or thatapp ellantothe rw ise has a right to app eal. T he Texas Rules of App ellate Proced ure prov ide thatan a ppeal mustbe d is mis sed if the tr ial co urt’ s c erti ficat ion does not show that the d efendant has the ri g ht of appea l. T EX . R. A PP . P. 25. 2(d); se eT EX . R. A PP . P. 3 7.1, 44.3, 44.4
. The appeal i s D ISM ISSE D FO R W AN T OF JU RI SD IC TION
. PERC UR IAM
Do not p ubl is h. SeeT EX . R. A PP . P. 47 .2(b). Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv ered and fil ed th is the 16th day of Oct ober , 200 8.