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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 B ef or e C hi ef

Just i ce Val dez and Just i ces G ar za and V el a M em or andu m O pi ni on P erC ur i am Appel lan t, Dan iel Rui z Garci a, attempt ed to pe rfectan a ppeal from a conv icti on for murde r. W e di smi ss the appeal for want o f jur is dicti on.Senten ce in thi s matter w as imp o se d o n A u g ust6, 2008. N o moti on for new tr ial w as filed

. Appel lan t fil ed a pro s e not ic e of appeal on N ov ember 20, 2008, sta ti ng thatthe not ice of app eal w as be ing filed b eyond the t hirtyd ay period due to coun sel’s failure to f ile a no tice of

app eal. On Ma rc h 6 , 2 009 , the Clerk of this Court not if ied ap pellan t tha t it appeared th at the appeal w as not ti mely per fected. Appel lan t was adv is ed th at 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 day s from the d ate o f rec eip t of the C our

t’ s d irect iv e. Appel lan t has not re spond ed to thi s n oti ce. Unl ess a mot ion for new tri al has been t imel y

fil ed, a noti ce of appeal mustbe fil ed w it hin thi rty

days a fter t he day

se ntenc e i s i mposed or sus pended in open cour t, or after the d ay the tr ial co urt ent ers a n appea lab le 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 ap peal must be fil ed w it hin ni nety day s a fter t he day

se ntenc e i s i mposed or su spend ed i n open cour t. See i d. 2 6. 2( a) (2). The tim e wit hin w hic h to file the n oti ce maybe e nla rg ed i f, w it hin fifteen days a fter t he deadl ine fo r f ili n g t he not ic e, t he par ty fil es the n oti ce of appeal 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’ s n oti ce of appeal , fil ed more tha n three m o n th s after s entenc e w as impos ed, w as unti mely , and acc ordin g ly , w e l ack j ur is dicti on ov er

the appeal

. See Slaton , 9 8 1 S. W .2 d at21 0 . A p p e lla n t m a y be en ti tl e d t o a n ou t- o f-t im e ap p e a l b y f ili n g a post -conviction w rit of

h abe as corpu s returna ble to the T exas Court of Cri min al App eals; how ev er , t he av ail abi li ty of that re medy

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 . ar t. 11.07, § 3(a ) (V e rn on 2005 ); see a lso Ex parte Garcia , 988 S.W .2d 240 (Tex. Cr im. Ap p. 19 99).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 21st day of Ma y , 200 9.