## NO. 12-08-00243-CR IN THE COUR T OF APP EALS TWELFTH COURT OF APP EALS D ISTRICT

TYLER, TEX AS

HEATH L. JOHNSON, § APPEAL F ROM THE 7TH APPELLANT V . § JUDICIAL DISTRI CT COURT OF TH E ST ATE OF TEX AS, APP ELL EE § SMI TH CO UN TY, T EXAS MEMORA NDUM OPIN ION PER CU RIAM Ap pe lla nt p le a de d guil ty

to e sc a pe and or ig ina lly

re c e ive d d e fe rr e d a dju dic atio n c omm un ity supe rv isi on . H is guil t w a s late r a dju dic ate d, and he wa s se nte nc e d to six y e ars of imp ri so nme nt. He a ppeale d to this court, and his appea l was dismissed beca use he did not fu rn ish proof, af ter notice, that he ha d paid or made arr ang ements to pay for pr epar ation of the trial r ecor d. See Johns on v . St ate , No. 12-06-00076- CR, 2006 W L1549985, at *1 (Te x . App.–Tyler June 7, 2006, no pet.) (mem. op., not desig nated f or publication). Appe llant filed an a pplication for wr it of habea s corpus in the court of c riminal appea ls. T h e t rial cour t determined that the Smit h County Probation De pa rtme nt r e c e ive d App e lla

nt’ s p ay me nt f or the tr ia l r e c or d, but ne ve r f or wa rd e d it to the Smith County Di str ic t Cle rk . Co ns e qu e ntl y , th e c ourt of c ri min a l app e a ls gra

nte d App e lla

nt a n o ut o f t ime appea l. See Ex parte John son , No. AP –75,844, 2008 WL 384083, at *1 (Te x . Crim. App. Feb. 13, 2008) (not designated f

or publication). To perf ect his a ppeal, Appellant was require d to take aff irmative steps to file a written notice of appe al in the trial cour

t within thi rty

day s after

the cour t of criminal appeals issued its mandate. Id
. The court of criminal appea ls issued its m andate on Marc h 10, 2008, makingAppellant’s notice of a pp e a l du e on

or be fo re Ap ri l 9, 2008
. Ho we ve r, Ap pe lla nt d id n ot f

ile his no tic e of

a pp e a l until2

J une 5, 2008. The ref

ore, the notice of a

ppeal wa s untimely . On that same date, Appellant f iled a do c ume nt t

hat w e c on str

ue a s a mot ion fo r e xten sio n o f t ime to f ile his no tic e of

a pp e a l. An appe llate cour

t may extend the time to file the notice of a ppeal if, within fiftee n day s after the deadline for filing t he noti ce of appea l, the party

files a notice of appe al in the trial cour t and files a mot ion in the appellate court that c omplies with Tex as Rule of Appe llate Proce dure 10.5( b). T EX . R. A PP . P. 2 6. 3. To ob tai n an exten sio n o f t ime to f ile his a pp e a l, A pp e lla nt m us t ha ve fi le d h is mot ion no t late r t

ha n M arc h 25, 20 08 . B e c a us e his mot ion

wa s n ot f

ile d unti l June 5, 20 08 , it is untimely . Be cause this court has no authority to a llow the late filing of a notice of appea l except as provided by

Rule 26.3, the appe al must be dismissed. See Sla ton v . St ate , 981 S
. W
. 2 d 2 0 8, 210 (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 . Ap 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 dism issed for want of ju risdiction
. Opinion delivere d J une 11, 2008. P an elconsi 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)J une 11, 2008