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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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## ME MOR A N D U M OP I N I ON Be fo re Ju stice s R od rigu ez, Garza, a nd B en av ide s M emo rand um Opin ion Pe r Cu riam Appel lan t, Patr ic k H ug hes, att empted t o per fect appeals from a conv icti on for posse ssion of

cocaine and tam pering w ith or fabricat ing phy sical ev iden ce. W e dism iss the a ppeal s for

w ant o f jur is dicti on.2

The tr ial courtimposed sent ences in these matters o n M arch 20, 2 009. Appel lan t f iled no tices of

app eal on May

19, 20 09. On Octob er 15, 2 009 , the Clerk of this Court noti fied appe ll ant t hat it appeared th at t he appe als w ere notti mely per fected an d tha t t he appeal s woul d be dis mis sed if the defect w as not cor re cte d w it hin ten day s from the date of receipt of

the Cou rt’s directiv e. A p p e ll a n th as no t f iled a respo nse to the Cou rt’s direct iv e. Unl ess a moti on for new tr ial has been ti mely filed , a noti ce of ap peal mustbe fil ed w it hin thi rty

days a fter the day sent ence is impos ed or su spend ed i n open cour t, or after the d ay the tr ial co u rte n te rs an a ppeal abl e order
. T EX . R. A PP . P. 26.2( a) (1 ). W here a ti mely moti on for new tr ial has been filed , t he not ic e of appeal mustbe fil ed w it hin ni nety day s a fter t he day

se ntenc e i s impos ed or su spend ed i n open cour t. See i d. 26.2 (a)(2). The ti me w it hin w hic h to file the n oti ce maybe e n la rg ed i f, w it hin fifteen days a fter t he deadl ine for fil ing the noti ce, the par ty fil es the n o ti ce o f

a p peal and a moti on c omply ing w it h R ule 10.5 (b ) of the Tex as Rul es of Appel lat e Procedu re . See i d. 26.3
. Appel lan t di d notfil e a motion for n ew tr ial
. Therefore, hi s n oti ce of appeal w as due to hav e been filed on or before Apr il 20, 2009. SeeT EX . R. A PP . P. 26.2( a) (2 ). Ap pel lan t did not file a moti on for extens ion of ti me to file hi s n oti ce of appeal as per mitt ed by Tex as Rul e of Appel lat e Procedu re 26.3 and did not file his noti ce of ap peal unti l Ma y 19, 2009. This C our

t' s a ppel lat e j ur is dicti on i n a c ri m in a l cas e i s 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 a ti mely fil ed not ic e of appeal , a cour t of appeals does not hav e jur is dicti on to address the meri ts of the appe al and c an ta ke no acti on ot her than to dism iss t he appe al for w ant o f3

jur is dicti on. Sl

aton v. State , 981 S.W .2d 208 , 210 (Tex. Cr im
. A p p . 1 998 ). Appellan t’s noti ce of ap peal w as unti mely , and ac cordin g ly , w e l ack j ur is dicti on ov er

the appeal
. See Sl aton , 981 S.W .2d a t 210
. 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 corpu s ret ur nabl e to the Tex as Cour t of Cri minal Appeals ; how ev er , the av ail abi li ty of t hat remedy

i s b ey ond t he j ur is dicti on of thi s C our t. SeeT EX . C OD E C R IM . P ROC . A NN . art. 11.07, § 3(a ) (V e rn o n 2005) ; see a lso Ex parte Garcia , 98 8 S. W .2 d 24 0 ( Tex
. C r i m. App . 199 9). The appeal s a re D ISM ISSE D FO R W AN T OF JU RI SD IC TION
. PERC UR IAM Do not p ubl is h. T EX . R. A PP . P. 47 .2(b). Del iv ered and filed the 14th day of Janua ry , 201 0.