## NUMBER 13 - 1 4 - 00 7 4 1 - CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

____________________________________________________________ BUFORD RANDLE A

/ K / A RANDLE BUFORD , Appellant,

v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

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On appeal from the 148 th District Court of Nueces County, Texas.

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## MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Garza , Benavides, and Perkes Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant, Buford Randle a / k / a Randle Buford , attempted to perfect an appeal from a conviction for possession of a controlled substance

. This appeal was abated by this Court on February 12, 2015, to determine whether appellant has the right of appeal. This case is hereby REINSTATED. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.2

Sentence in this matter was imposed on October 22, 2014 . No motion for new trial was filed. Notice of appeal was filed on December 2, 2014 . On December 11,
2014 , the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that it appeared that the appeal was not timely perfected. Appellant was advised that the appeal w ould be dismissed if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of the Court ’ s directive. Appellant has not responded to this notice. Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.2 provides that an appeal is perfected when notice of appeal is filed within thirty days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court unless a motion for new trial is timely filed

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. P . 26.2(a)(1). The time within which to file the notice may be enlarged if, within fifteen days af ter the deadline for filing the notice, the party files the notice of appeal and a motion complying with Rule 10.5(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See id. 26.3. Although the notice of appeal herein was filed within the 15

- day time period for filing a motion for extension of time to file notice of appeal, no such motion for extension of time was filed. See id. This Court's appellate jurisdiction in a criminal case is invoked by a timely filed notice of appeal. Olivo v. State , 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). “ When a notice of appeal is filed within the fifteen

- day period but no timely motion for extension of time is filed, the appellate court lacks jurisdiction. ” Olivo , 918 S.W.2d at 522. Absent a timely filed notice of appeal, a court of appeals does not obtain jurisdiction to address the merits of the appeal in a criminal case and can take no action other than to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Slaton v. State , 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998).3

Appellant may be entitled to an out

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- time appeal by filing a post

- conviction writ of habeas corpus returnable to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; however, the availability of that remedy is beyond the jurisdiction of this Court. See T EX

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. A NN . art. 11.07, § 3(a) (Vernon 2005); see also Ex parte Garci a , 988 S.W.2d 240 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). The appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. PER CURIAM
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. P . 47.2(b).
D elivered and filed the 9th day of April , 2015

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