NO. 07-08 -016 8-CR NO. 07-08 -016 9-CR IN THE CO URT OF APPEA LS FO R THE S EVEN TH D ISTRI CT O F TEXAS

AT AM AR ILLO PAN EL D MA Y19, 2008

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___ CHARA DEAN MOORE A/K/A CHARA DEAN CART ER, APP ELL ANT V. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 32 0 T H DI ST RI CT COU RT OF P OT T ERCOU NT Y; NO . 54, 754- D & 55, 655- D; H ON ORABLE DO N EM ER SON , J UD GE

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____ Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRT LE, JJ. ME MO RA ND UM OPI NI ON Follow ing pleas of

g uilty, App ellant , Chara Dean Moo re a /k/a Chara Dean Carter, w as conv icted o f delive ry o f a controll ed s ubst ance in each caus e and sent enced to se v e n t e e n y e a rs c o n fi n e me n ta n d a $ 1 0 0 0 fi n e . S e n t e n c e wa s i mp o s e d o n S e p t e mb er 27, 2 007, and Ap pel lan t fil ed a pro s e not ic e of app e a l in t h is Courton A pr il 11, 2008.Al thoug h notreq uired by the Tex as Rul es of Appel lat e Procedu re to send a c opy 1 of a notice of

app eal in a crimina l case mista kenly filed in this Court to th e trial court clerk, a c opy was forw arded as a c our tes y . Cf . T ex. R . App . P. 25 .1(a). Tex . R . Ap p. P . 4. 1 extended the t ime in w hic h to file the n oti ce to D ecember 27, 2 2007. 2 After a c opy

of the n oti ce w as sentto the t ri a l cour t c ler k, itwas file sta mped Apr il 18, 2008. N eit her

a Trial C o urt’

s Certification o f Defen dan t’ s Right of Appea l nor a clerk’s 1 re cord has been filed . W e di smi ss thes e pur por ted a ppeal s for

want o f jur is dicti on. In a criminal case, a de fend antmustf ile a w ritten no tice of app eal w ith the trial court c l e r k . T e x . R . A p p . P . 2 5 . 2 ( c ) . T h e n o t i c e i s d u e w i t h i n t h i rty d a y s , o r n i n e ty d a y s i f a moti on for new

tr ial i s fil ed, a fter t he day se ntenc e i s i mposed in open c our t. T ex . R . Ap p. P . 2 6 . 2 (a ). T h e t im e wi t 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 d oin g so , the par ty files the noti ce of appeal i n the tr ial co urt and a mo tion co mp ly ing w ith R u le 1 0 . 5 (b ) of the T exas Rules of

Appe llate Proce dure in this Cou rt . Tex . R . Ap p. P . 26. 3. Ass uming thata mot ion for n ew tr ial was filed , Ap pel lan t’ s noti ce of ap peal was due on o r be fore Decem ber 26 , 200 7. Applyi ng the f if tee n da y exten sion, th e late st day to f ile 2 the n oti ce of appeal was Janua ry 10, 2008. By l etter date d Apr il 23, 2008, thi s C our t not ified Appel lan t t hat h er noti ce of appeal f il ed w it h the tr ial co urt c ler k o n Apr il 18, 2008, appeared unt imel y and re q uest ed an ex pla nati on no lat er

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19, 200 8 , why t h e se appeal s s houl d notbe d is mis sed for w ant o f jur is dicti on. Appel lan t t imel y respon ded t hat s he fil ed a noti ce of appeal w it h the3

tr ial co urt on or about Nov ember 19, 2007, and t hat t he tr ial co urt t ook no acti on and faile d to forw ard the n ot i c e to t hi s C ou rt. A n i nq ui r y from t he C l er ko f t hi s C ou rt to t he D i s tr ict Cl er k d emonst ra ted t hat n o not ic e of appeal from Ap pel lan t had ev er been filed w ith the trial court clerk until this Court forw arde d a cop y o f t he not ice mista kenly f iled here o n April 1 1 , 2 0 0 8 . Co n s e qu e n t ly, A p p e ll a n t ’s n o t ic e o f a p p e a l i s u n t im e ly. Addi ti onal ly , R ule 2 of the Tex as Ru le s o f A ppel lat e Procedu re prov ide s t hat a n app ellate court ma y

–to ex ped ite a de cisio n o r fo r o the r g ood cause –susp end a rule’s operati on in a par

ti cul ar case and order

a different procedu re . Howev er , t his r ule ca nnot be invoked to create jur is dicti on w here none ex is ts. Ol iv o v . St ate , 918 S.W .2d 5 19, 5 23 (Tex .C ri m.App. 1996)( noti ng that Rul e 2( b) [cu rrent Rul e 2] or Rul e 83 [c ur re nt r ule 44.3 ] coul d notbe i nv oked to c re ate j ur is dicti on w here none ex is ts) . W e ac know led g e tha t Ap pel lan t may be e nti tl ed to an o ut-of-t im e a p peal by fil ing a po st-conviction w rit of hab eas corpus return able to the Te x as Court of Cri min al App eals; how ev er , the av ail abi li ty of that remedy i s a ls o beyond t he j ur is dicti on of thi s C our t. See T ex. C ode Cri m. Proc. Ann . art. 11 .07 , § 3(a) (Vernon 200 5). Se e also Ex parte Garcia , 988 S.W .2d 240 (Tex.Crim.App . 199 9). Con seq uentl y , we di smi ss thes e appea ls for want o f jur is dicti on. Pat rick A. Pirtle Justice Do not p ubl is h.