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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 p p el le e.

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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 Ve la M emo rand um Opin ion Pe r Cu riam Appel lan t, John Me del li n, attempt ed to per fect an appeal from a conv ict io n for ag g ra v ated 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 Apr il 8, 2009. No motion for newtri al w as f iled. Notice of

a ppe al w as f iled on July 21, 2 009
. O n July 31, 200 9, th e Clerk of this Court2

noti fied appe ll ant t hat i t app eared th at the appeal was not t imel y per fected. Appel lan t was a d vis e d t h a tt h e a p p e a l wo u ld b e d is m is s e d i f t h e d e fe ctwa s n o tco rre ct e d wit h in t e n d a ys from the date of rec eip t of the Cou rt ’sdi re cti v e. On Aug ust 12, 2009, appel lan t filed w it h this Court a m otion for leave to f ile exten sion of time to f ile app eal. Tex as Rul e of Appel lat e Proc edure 26.2 prov ide s t hat a n appea l isper 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 c our

t unl essa mot ion for n ew tr ial i s t imel y

fil ed. T EX . R. A PP . P. 2 6.2( a) (1 ). The ti me w it hin w hic h to file the n oti ce may be enl arg ed if, w it hin fifteen days after the d eadl ine for f iling the n otice, t he party f iles t he not ice of a ppe al and a m otion comp ly ing w ith Rule 10.5( b)of the Texas Rul es of Appel lat e Procedu re . SeeT EX . R. A PP . P. 2 6.3. Appel lan t’ s n oti ce of appeal was due t o hav e been file d on or before M ay 18, 2009. Appel lan t di d notfil e a n oti ce of appeal or moti on for extens ion of t ime to file his noti ce of ap pe al a s p er mi tt ed b y Te x as R ul e of A pp el l at e Proc ed ure 26 .3 w i th i n th e 15 - da y t i me per iod
. See id. This C our

t' s a ppel lat e j ur is dicti on in a cri minal ca se isi 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 . C ri m. App. 1996)
. Abse nt a ti mely fil ed not ic e of appeal , a cour t of appeals does not obtain jur is dicti on to addres s t he meri ts of the appea l in a c rim in a l cas e and can tak e no act ion othe r than to di smi ss the appeal for want o f jur is dicti on. Sla to nv . S tate , 9 81 S. W .2d 2 08, 2 10 ( Tex . C ri m. App. 199 8). A ppe llant ma y

b e ent itled to an out -of-time app eal by f iling a post -conviction w rit of habeas cor pus re tur nabl e to the Texas Cou rtof Cr imi nal Appe als ; howev er , t he av ail abi li ty of

thatremedy

i s b eyond t he j ur is dicti on of thi s C our t. SeeT EX . C OD E C R IM .3

P ROC . A NN . ar

t. 11.07, § 3( a)( Ver non 200 5) ; see a lso Ex parte Garcia , 988 S.W .2d 2 40 (Te x . Crim. App . 199 9). 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. T EX . R. A PP . P. 47 .2(b). Me moran dum Opi nio n del ivered and filed thi s t he 31s t day

of Aug ust , 200 9.