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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

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ARLEN RAY T ENBERG , APP ELLA NT, v . T H E STAT E OF T EXA S, AP PE LL EE
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## ME MOR A N D U M OP I N I ON B ef or e Just i ces Yañez, R odri guez, and V el a M em or andu m O pi ni on P erC ur i am Appel lan t, Ar len R ay

Tenberg , attempted to pe rfectan appeal from a conv icti on for int ox ic ati on as saul t. W e di smi ss the appeal for want o f jur is dicti on. This C our

t' s a ppel lat e j ur is dicti on i n a c rimi nal ca se isi nv oked by a t imel y fil ed noti ce of appeal
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iv o v . St ate , 918 S. W .2d 5 19, 5 22 ( Tex . C ri m. App. 1996)
. Abse nt a ti mely fil ed not ic e of appeal , a cour t of appeals does nothav e j ur is dicti on to addressthe2

meri ts of the appe al and c an ta ke no acti on ot her than to dis m iss t h e 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)
. T he trial court im pose d sen ten ce in this ma tter on April 20, 20 06. Appe llant f iled his not ice of app eal o n O c t o b er 18, 2 007 . On Novemb er 2, 20 07, the Clerk of this Court noti fied appe ll ant t hat i t app eared th at t he appe al was not t imel y per fected an d t h a t the appeal w oul d be dis mis sed if the defect w as not cor re cte d w it hin ten days f ro m the d ate of receipt of

the Cou rt’s directiv e. App ellanthas no t f iled a re s p o n s e t o t he Cou rt’s direct ive. Unl essa mot ion for n ew tr ial has been ti mely

fil ed, a noti ce of appeal m ustbe f il ed w it hin thi rty days after the day se ntenc e i s i mposed or su spend ed i n open cour t, or after the d ay the tr ial co urt ent ers a n app e a la b 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 fil ed, t he not ic e 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 ed i n o p en c our t. See i d. 26.2 (a)(2). The ti me w it hin w hic h to file the n oti ce maybe e nla rg ed if , within fifteen days a fter t he deadl ine for fil ing the noti ce, the par ty fil es the n oti ce o f

a p p e a l a n d a mot ion co mply 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 , f il ed more than sev enteen months after se ntenc e was impos ed, was unti mely , and accordin g ly , w e lack jur 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 b e e n 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

hab eas co rpus retu rnab le to the Te x as Court of Cri min al App eals; howev er , t he avail abi li ty of that re medy

i s beyond t he j ur is dicti on of thi s C our t. SeeT EX .3

C OD E C R IM . P ROC . A NN . a rt . 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
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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 ivered and fil ed th isthe 20th day of Ma rc h, 20 08.