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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

____ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _______ _ CHA RLES LESLIE GIBSO N, A PPE LLA NT, v . TH E STA

TE OF T EXAS, A PPEL LE E.

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# MEMORAND UM OPI NI ON B efo re J u st ic es Y añ ez , B en av id es , a n d V el a M emo rand um Opin ion Pe r Cu riam Appel lan t, Cha rl es Lesl ie Gi bson, attempt ed to per fect an appeal from a c onv icti on for dr iv ing w hil e i ntox ic ated. W e di smi ss the appeal for want o f jur is dicti on .2

This C our

t' s a ppel lat e j ur is dicti on i n a c ri minal ca se 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 5 19, 5 22 (Tex
. Cr im. App. 1996)
. Abs ent a ti mely f il ed notic e of

appeal, a cour

t of appeal s d oes not h av e j ur is dicti on to address the meri ts of the appe al and c an ta ke no acti on ot her t h a n t o di smi ss the appeal for want o f jur is dicti on. Sl

aton v. State , 981 S.W .2d 2 08, 2 10 ( Tex . C ri m. App. 1998)
. The tr ial co urt i mposed sent ence in thi s matter on D ecember

16, 2008. Appel lan t f iled his not ice of

app eal on June 8, 2 0 0 9
. O n A ugust 19 , 200 9, th e Clerk of this Court noti fied appe ll ant t hat i t app eared th at t he appe al w as not t im e lyper fected an d tha t t he appeal woul d be di smi ss ed i f the defect w as not c or re cte d w it hin ten days from the date of receipt of

the Cou rt’s directiv e. App ellanthas no t f iled a r e s p o n s e to the Court’s direct ive. Unl ess a mot ion for new tr ial has been ti mely filed , a noti ce of ap peal must be fil ed w it hin thi rty

days after the day sent ence isi mposed or su spend ed i n open cour t, or after the d ay the tr ial co u rte nters 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 , the noti ce of appeal mustbe fil ed w it hin ni nety days a fter t he day

se ntenc e i s i mposed or su spend e d i n open cour t. See i d. 26.2 (a)(2). The ti me w it hin w hic h to file th e n o ti ce maybe e nla rg ed i f, w it hin fifteen days a fter t he deadl ine for fil ing the n o ti ce , th e 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 Texas 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 five m onths after se ntenc e was impos ed, w as unti mely , and acc ordin g ly , w e lac k 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 to an 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;3

howev er , t he av ail abi li ty of that re medy

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 . P ROC . A NN . ar t. 11.07, § 3( a) ( Ver non 200 5) ; 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 filed thi s t he 12t h day

of November , 200 9.