## NO. 12-08-00465-CR IN THE COUR T OF APP EALS TWELFTH COURT OF APP EALS D ISTRICT

TYLER, TEX AS

MARY JOHNSON GREER, § APPEAL F ROM THE 217TH APPELLANT V . § JUDICIAL DISTRI CT COURT OF TH E ST ATE OF TEX AS, APP ELL EE § AN GE LI NA CO UN

TY, T EXAS

MEMORA NDUM OPIN ION PER CU RIAM Th is a pp e a l is be ingdis mis se d f or wa nt o f j ur isd ic tio n. Ap pe lla nt p le a de d guil ty

to ag g ravated robbe ry

pursuant to a plea

agree ment. Sentence was imposed on Oc tober 9, 2008. Texas Rule of Appellate Proc edure 26.2 provides that an a ppeal is per fec ted when notice of
a pp e a l is fi le d w ith in t

hir ty da y s a ft e r t he da y se nte nc e is imp os e d or su sp e nd e d in op e n c ourt

un le ss a motion for new

trial is timely

filed. T EX . R. A PP . P. 26.2(a) (1). Where a timely motion for new trial has bee n filed, notice of appea l shall be filed within ninety day s after

the sentenc e is imposed or suspende d in open cour t. T EX . R. A PP . P. 26 .2 (a )( 2) . App e lla nt d id n ot f

ile a mot ion fo r n e w tri a l. T h e r e f o r e , h e r n o ti c e o f

a p p e a l w a s d

u e to h av e b e e nf

il e d o no r b e f o r e N o v e mb e r

1 0 , 2 0 0 8. Howeve r, Appe llant did not file her notice of appea l until November 20, 2 0 0 8 an d d i d not file a mot ion fo r e xten sio n o f t ime to f ile her no ti c e of

a pp e a l a s p e rm itt e d b y

Te xas R ule of Ap pe llate Procedur e 26.3. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 26.3 (appe llate court may extend tim e for filing notice of appe al if, within fifteen da

y s after deadline f

or filingnotice of a

ppeal, a ppellant files notice of appea l in trial court a nd motion comply ing w ith Tex as Rule of Appe llate Proce dure 10.5( b) in appe llate cour t). On No ve mbe r 21, 20 08 , this c ourt no tif ie d App e lla

nt th at th e info rm atio n re c e ive d in th is appea l does not include a notice of appe al filed within the time allowed by rule 26.2 or a motion forA p p e llan t a lso r e q u e ste d in h e r m o tio n th a t th is c o u rt o rd e r a h e a rin g in the trial c o u rt to d o c u m e n t t h e b a sis 1 fo r th e a p p e a l an d a p p o intm e n t o f co u n se l. O u r d ism issa l o f t h e a p p e a l re n d e rs this re q u e st m o o t. 2 extension of tim e to f

ile the notice of

appea l pursuant to rule 26.3. Appe llant was fur ther infor med that th e a pp e a l wou ld be dis mis se d unle ss, on or be fo re De c e mbe r 1 , 2 00 8, if the inf or matio n in thi s appea l was not amende d to show the jurisdiction of t h i s co u rt

. On December 1, 2008, Appellant filed a motion re questing suspension of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedur e 2, leave to file a motion fo r e xten sio n o f t ime un de r ru le 26 .3 , and a c c e pta nc e of the late fi le d no tic e of a pp e a l. T e xas R

ule of Appe llate Proce dure 26.3 pr ovides that a motion for e x tension of time to file a notice of appe al must be filed within f

ifteen day s of the de adline for filing the notice of a

ppeal. T EX . R. A PP . P. 26.3. Acc ording ly , Appellant wa s require d to file her motion on or before November 25, 2008. Howeve r, the motion was not filed until Dece mber 1, 2008, a nd there fore was untimely

. See id . Be cause this court has no authority to al l o w t h e l ate f

iling of a notice of a

ppeal e x cept a s provided by

rule 26.3, the a

ppeal must be dismissed. See Sla ton v . St ate , 9 8 1 S. W. 2 d

2 0 8 , 2 1 0 ( T e x. Cr im. Ap p. 19 98 ); Ol

iv o v . St ate , 9 1 8 S

. W

. 2 d

5 1 9 , 5 2 2 ( T e x . C r i m . A p p . 1 9 9 6 )

. A c c o r d i n g l y, Ap pe lla nt’ s mo tio n is ov e rr

ule d, and the a pp e a l is dis misse d f

or want of juri sd ic tio n. 1 Opinion delivere d Dec ember 3, 2008. P an el consi s t ed of

W ort hen, C. J. , G r i

f f i t h, J. , and H oyl e, J.

(DO N OT PUBL I SH)Dec ember 3, 2008