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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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TE OF T EXAS, A pp ellee.

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### of Vict oria Co un ty , T exas .

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# MEMORAND UM OPI NI ON B efo re J u st ic es Y añ ez , G arza , a n d V el a M emo rand um Opin ion Pe r Cu riam Ap pe l l an t, B r i an C hr i s to ph er Trev i no , atte mp te d to p er fect an app ea l from a conv icti on for inj ur

y to a c h ild , eld er ly

or di sabl ed i ndi v idu al. W e di smi ss the appeal for w ant o f jur is dicti on. Judg ment of co nv icti on was re ndered on Ma rc h 6, 2008. No m o ti o n fo r new tr ial w as f iled. Notice of app eal was f iled on April 18, 200 8. On Ap ril 18, 200 8, th e Clerk of this2

Cou rtnoti fied appe ll ant t hat i t app eared th at t h e a p p e al w as not t imel y per fected. Appel lan t was adv is ed th at t he appeal woul d be dis mis sed if the defect was not c or re cte d w it hin ten days from the date of rec eip t of t h e C o u rt ’s direct iv e. On A ug ust8, 2008, the Clerk of this Court again no tif ied ap pellan t tha t it appe ared the ap pe a l wa s n ot tim ely per fected an d re q uest ed a re spons e w it hin ten days. On Oct ober 6, 2008, appel lan t fil ed a moti on to extend ti me to file appel lan t’ s n oti ce of appeal on t he b a sis t h e r e quest to appeal the cas e was not made to couns el unti l Apr il 18, 2008. Tex as Rul e of Appel lat e Procedu re 26.2 prov ide s t hat a n appeal is perfected 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 ess a mot ion for n ew tr ial i s t imel y

fil ed. T EX . R. A PP . P. 26.2( a) (1 ). The ti me w it hin w hic h to file the noti ce maybe enl arg ed i f, w it hin fifteen days a fter t he dead li ne for f iling the n otice, t he party f iles t he not ice of a ppe al and a m otion co mp ly ing w ith Rule 10.5( b) of the Texas Rul es of A ppel lat e Procedu re . See i d. 26.3 . Th e ap pellan t’s notice of app eal filed w ith the trial court on April 18, 20 08, asked for perm ission to f ile a late no tice of appeal

. Al thoug h the noti ce of appeal herein was filed w it hin the 15- day ti me per iod for fili ng a mot ion for e xtens ion of ti me to file noti ce of ap peal , no s uch moti on for extens ion of time w as filed w it h thi s C our t unt il October

6, 2008. See i

d. This C our

t' s a ppel lat e j ur is dicti on i n a c ri minal ca se is i nv o ke d b y a t imel y fil ed noti ce of appeal

. Ol

iv o v . St ate , 918 S.W .2d 519, 522 (Tex . Cr im. App. 1996)

. “W hen a noti ce of appeal i s fil ed w it hin the fifteen-da y peri od but no ti mely

m oti on for

extens ion of time is filed, the ap pellat e cou rt l acks jurisdiction. ” Olivo , 918 S.W .2d a t 522. Ab senta ti mely fil ed not ic e of

appeal, a cour

t of appeals does not obtain jur is dicti on to address the meri ts of the appe al in a c rim in a l ca se a nd c an ta ke no acti on ot her than to dis mis s t he3

appeal for want o f jur is dicti on. Sl aton v. State , 981 S.W .2d 2 08, 2 10 ( Tex

. Crim . App. 1998)

. Appel lan t may be enti tl ed to an out- of-ti me appeal by fili ng a po st- conv icti on w ri t of habeas co rp us re tur nabl e to the Texas Cou rtof Cr imi nal Appea ls ; howev er , t he av ail abi li ty of t hat re medy is bey ond the jur is dicti on of this C our t. SeeT EX . C OD E C R IM . P ROC . A NN . art. 11.07, § 3( a) ( Ver non 200 5) ; see a ls o E x p a rte Garcia , 98 8 S. W .2 d 24 0 ( Tex

. C r i m. App . 199 9). The appeal i s D ISM ISSE D FO R W AN T OF JU RI SD IC TION

. P E RC U R I A M Do not p ubl is h. T EX . R. A PP . P. 47 .2(b). Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv ered and filed thi s t he 30t h day

of Oct ober , 200 8.