NO. 12-14-00279-CR

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

TYLER, TEXAS

CHARDONE' PRICE, 

APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

APPELLEE

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APPEAL FROM THE 114TH 

JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM

Appellant attempts to appeal the judgment adjudicating guilt in a burglary case. We 

dismiss for want of jurisdiction.

Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.2 provides that an appeal is perfected when notice 

of appeal is filed within thirty days after sentence is imposed in open court. TEX. R. APP. P.

26.2(a)(1). When, as here, a motion for new trial is timely filed, the notice of appeal must be 

filed within ninety days after sentence is imposed in open court. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(2). 

Appellant’s sentence was imposed in open court on June 23, 2014, and he timely filed a motion 

for new trial. Therefore, Appellant’s notice of appeal was due to have been filed on or before

September 22, 2014. However, Appellant did not file his notice of appeal until September 24, 

2014, and did not file a motion for extension of time to file the notice of appeal as permitted by 

Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.3. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3 (appellate court may extend 

time for filing notice of appeal if, within fifteen days after deadline for filing notice of appeal, 

appellant files notice of appeal in trial court and motion complying with Texas Rule of Appellate 

Procedure 10.5(b) in appellate court).

On December 2, 2014, this court notified Appellant that his notice of appeal was 

untimely and that there was no timely motion for an extension of time to file the notice of appeal 

as permitted by Rule 26.3. Appellant was further informed that the appeal would be dismissed 
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unless, on or before December 12, 2014, the information filed in this appeal was amended to 

show the jurisdiction of this court. On December 12, 2014, Appellant filed a motion to extend 

the time for filing his notice of appeal to September 24, 2014. However, his motion was not 

filed on or before October 7, 2014 (fifteen days after the deadline for filing the notice of appeal) 

as required by Rule 26.3. Therefore, the motion is untimely and must be overruled. See TEX. R.

APP. 26.3. 

Because this court has no authority to allow the late filing of a notice of appeal except as 

provided by Rule 26.3, the appeal must be dismissed. See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 

(Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). 

Accordingly, Appellant’s motion for extension of time to file the notice of appeal is overruled, 

and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. 

Opinion delivered January 7, 2015.

Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Griffith, J., and Hoyle, J.

(DO NOT PUBLISH)
COURT OF APPEALS

TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT OF TEXAS

JUDGMENT

JANUARY 7, 2014

NO. 12-14-00279-CR

CHARDONE' PRICE,

Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

Appeal from the 114th District Court 

of Smith County, Texas (Tr.Ct.No. 114-1289-13)

THIS CAUSE came to be heard on the appellate record; and the same 

being considered, it is the opinion of this court that this court is without jurisdiction of the 

appeal, and that the appeal should be dismissed.

It is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED by this court that 

this appeal be, and the same is, hereby dismissed for want of jurisdiction; and that this decision 

be certified to the court below for observance.

By per curiam opinion.

Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Griffith, J., and Hoyle, J.