NO. 07-07 -032 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 B OC TOBER3, 2007

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___ RODGER W AYNE M IT CHELL, APPE LLA NT

V. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 64 DIS T RI CT COU RTOF CA ST RO COU NT Y; TH NO . A3 024- 0506; HO NO RA BLE R OBERT W . KI NK AID , J R. , J UD GE

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____ Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ. MEMORA NDUM OPINION Appel lan t R odg er

W ay ne M it chel l attempt s t o appea l an order recoup ing a fine and court c os ts from hi s i nm at e tr us t ac c ou nt
. F i nd i ng w e are w i th ou t j ur i s di cti on beca use app ellant ’s notice of

app eal w as un time ly , w e dism iss the att em pte d ap pea l. On F ebr uar

y 1, 2006, a j ur

y found appel lan t g uil ty

of burg laryo f

a ha bit ati on. It ass ess ed puni shment at twenty y ears confine ment in the Tex as Dep artment of Cor re cti ons Ins ti tuti onal D iv is ion and ass ess ed a f in e o f $ 1 0,000. The t ri al cour t’ s j udg ment of thatThe tr ial cour t’ s jud g ment does not a ppear i n the record c ur re ntl y

before us. The 1 jud gm e nt ap pea rs in the clerk’s record f iled in app ellant ’s appe al f rom th e judgme nt, in Cau se No. 07- 06- 0056- CR . W e take judi ci al noti ce of its ter ms. See T ur ner v. Sta te , 733 S
. W
. 2 d 2 1 8 , 2 2 3 (T e x. Cr im
. A p p . 1 9 8 7 ) ( a p p e ll a t e co u rtm a y t a k e ju d ic ia l n o t ic e o f it s o wn records in the same or related p rocee dings inv olvi ng t he sa me or nearly sam e pa rties); Mo or e v . Zell er , 153 S.W .3d 262 , 264 (Tex.App .–B eau mo nt 20 04, pet de nied ). 2 date a d dit ion all y

taxed c our

t c ost s o f $273 ag ain st appel lan t. Appel lan t app eal ed th e jud g ment, w hic h thi s c our t affirmed by

opi nio n of October

16, 2006. 1 On A u g u s t 2 8 , 2 0 0 6 , t h e t r i a l c o u rt s i g n e d a w i t h d ra w a l o rd e r n o t i fy ing the Dep artment of Cor re cti ons of appell ant’ s fin e and cour t c ost s t otal ing $10, 273 and order ing w it hdrawal by the Dep artment of funds from appel lan t’ s inmat e tr ust acc ount acc ordin g to secti on 501. 014 of the Gov er nme nt C ode. Tex . G ov ’tC ode An n. § 501.014 ( Ver non 2004)
. The order

sp eci fied del iv er

y of a c opy

of the d ocumentto appe lla n t. Al so on August 28 , the trial court s igned a sup plem ent al order directin g the court clerk “assess cos ts, fees, a n d /or fines ” ag ain st appel lan t pursuantto secti on 501. 014 and se nd a cer ti fied c opy

of the o rd er

to the De p artment and app ell ant. Appel lan t s tates , i n a documentfil ed w it h thi s C our t, that he lear ned of

deducti ons from his inmat e tr ustac count on Sep tember

4, 2006, and recei v ed a copy of the s uppl emental order on O cto ber

5, 2006. On Ma y 2 3 , 2 0 0 7 , a p p e lla n t, ac ti n g pro se , f il ed a noti ce of appeal that , among othe r thi ng s, re ci ted h e fil ed no post -t ri al moti ons nor re q uest ed findi ng s o f factand conc lus ion s of law
. Al so on Ma y 23, w it h no re cord on file in thi s C our t, appel lan t, nev erthel ess , fil ed a br ief under

the headi ng “ Res tr icted A ppeal F ro m Judg ment.” T h e s u b sta nce of appel lan t’ s c omplai nt i s that the tri al cour t’ s A ug ust28, 2006, order of w it hdrawal depr ived h im o f h is p ro p e rt y wit h o u td u e p ro c e s s o f la w.3

Beca use o f

the tim e expanse between th e August 2 8, 20 06, orde r and app ellant ’s n o t i c e o f a p p e a l , we n o t i f i e d a p p e l l a n tt h a th i s n o t i c e o f a p p e a l a p p e a re d u n t i m e l y . W e abated the c ase on Aug ust 17, 2007, and g ra nted appel lan t unti l September 19, 2007, to file any addi ti onal doc uments or mater ial s h e c onsi dered nec ess ar y for deter minat ion of our j ur is dicti on. Appel lan t respon ded w it h a l etter br ief of Sep te m b e r 4 , 2007, and a suppl emental l etter

br ief of Septe mber 6, 20 07. W e al so re cei v ed a cl er k’ s record on September

21, 2007. A ti mely noti ce of appeal i s e ss e nti al to i nv oke our appel lat e j ur is dicti on. In re A.L. B. , 56 S.W .3d 6 51, 6 52 ( Tex .App. –W aco 2003, no pet .) ; Sl aton v. State, 981 S. W .2d 208, 210 ( Tex .C ri m.App. 1998)
. If the no ti ce isuntimel y , t hen t he c our t of appeal s c an tak e no act ion other than to dis mis s t he proceed ing
. In r e A. L.B , 56 S.W .3d a t 652 ; Sl aton, 981 S. W .2d a t 210
. Here, t he order of w hic h appel lan t c omplai ns w as si g ned Au g ust28, 2006. Bec ause the d eadl ine to per fect an appeal from t hat o rd er was September

27, 2006, appel lan t’ s M ay

23, 2007, noti ce o f

a ppeal was unti mely
. Tex . R . Ap p. P . 26. 2 (stating thatone mustf ile a notic e o f a p pea l w ithin 30 days of th e da te th e f inal orde r is signed, un less tha t dea dline h as bee n extende d by mo tion or rule of proce dure ). W e mu st dis mis s t he appe al for want o f jur is dicti on. Appel lan t’ s d esc ri pti on of hi s a ppeal i n hi s b ri ef as a re str icted a ppeal does not chang e our

co ncl usi on. A not ic e of rest ri cte d appeal must be f il ed w it hin six m onthsafter th e j u d gm e nt or

order appeal ed i s s ig ned. SeeT e x . R
. A p p . P
. 2 6
. 1 ( c )
. As n oted,W e note als o that a rest ri cte d appea l isl imi ted t o c iv il matte rs . See Tex . R . Ap p. 2 P. 3 0. In G r

o s s v. State , ___S.W .3d ___ , 200 7 W L 20 893 65 (T ex.App. –Am arillo, July 23, 2 007)( No. 07- 06- 0489- CR ), we foun d t h a t a n a ppeal of a s imi lar order di re cti ng w it hdrawal of funds f ro m an inmate tr ustaccountw as a c ri minal matte r. But see Abdul lah v. State, 211 S.W .3d 938 ( Tex .App. –Tex ar kana 2007, no pet .)( treati ng appeal of si mil ar orde r as civ il appe al). 4 appel lan t’ s n oti ce w as filed al most nin e monthsa fter th e tr ial co urt s ig ned t he order of w ithdra w al of

w hich he comp lains. 2 Acc ordin g ly , t he appe al isdi smi ss ed.

Jam es T . Camp bell Justice