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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

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ NESTOR GA RZA , A PPE LLA NT, v . T H E STA

T E OF T EX

AS, A PP EL L EE .

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## ME MOR A N D U M OP I N I ON B ef or e Just i ces Ro dr i guez, G ar za and V el a M em or andu m O pi ni on P erC ur i am Appel lan t, Nes tor

Gar z a, attempted to pe rfectan a ppeal from a c o n vict ion for murde r. W e di smi ss the appeal for want o f jur is dicti on. T h is Cou rt 's appel lat e j ur is dicti on i n a c ri minal ca se is i nv oked by 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)
. Abse nt a2

ti mely fil ed not ic e of appeal , a cour t of appeals does nothav e j ur is dicti on to address the meri ts of the appe al and c an ta ke n o acti on ot her than to dis mis s t he appe al for want o f jur is dicti on. Sl

aton v. State , 981 S.W .2d 2 08, 2 10 ( Tex . C ri m. App. 1998)
. The tr ial co urt i mposed sent ence in thi s matter on N ov ember 12, 2 008. Appel lan t filed hi s p ro se noti ce of appeal req uest ing l eav e to fi le noti ce of appeal on J anuar y 23, 2009. On Febr uar

y 3, 2009, the Cl er k of thi s Cour t notifie d appell ant that itappeared th at the app eal w as no t time ly perfecte d and tha t the app eal would be dismissed if the de fect w as not c or re cte d w it hin ten day s from the date of r e ce ipt of the Cou rt ’s di re cti v e. Appel lan t has not filed a respon se to t he C our t’ s d irect iv e. Tex as Rul e of Appel lat e Proc edure 26.2 prov ide s t hat a n appea l is per fected w hen noti ce of appeal i s fil ed w it hin thi rty days a fter the dayse ntenc e i s i mposed or su spend ed in open c our

t unl ess a mot ion for

new tr ial i s t imel y

fil ed. T EX . R. A PP . P. 2 6.2( a) (1 ). The ti me w it hin w hic h to file the n oti ce may be enl arg ed if, w it hin fifteen day s after the d eadl ine for f iling the n otice, t he party f iles t he not ice of a ppe al and a m otion comp ly ing w ith Rule 10.5( b) of the Tex as Rul es of Appel lat e Procedu re . See i d. 26.3
. Appel lan t’ s noti ce of appeal w as due t o hav e been filed on o r before D ecember 12, 2008. SeeT EX . R. A PP . P. 26. 2(a)(2). A ppe llant’s mo tion for e xten sion of time to f ile notice of appeal w as not fil ed unt il Ja nuar y 23, 2009, outs ide the 15- day ti me per iod as per mitt ed b y T e xa s Ru le o f

A p p e l l a t e P ro c e d u re 2 6
. 3
. Ap p e ll a n t ’s n o t ic e o f a p p e a l wa s u n t im e ly, a nd ac cordin g ly , we l ack j ur is dicti on ov er

the appeal
. See Slaton , 9 8 1 S
. W
. 2 d at 21 0. Appel lan t’ s mot ion for l eav e to file noti ce of appeal i s D EN IED
. Appel lan t may

be e nti tl ed to an out- of-ti me appeal byfil ing a po st- conv icti on w ri t of habeas co rp us re tur nabl e to the Tex as Cou rtof Cr imi nal Appea ls ; howev er , t he av ail abi li ty3

of that remedy

is bey ond the jur is dicti on of thi s 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 lso Ex parte Garcia , 98 8 S.W .2d 2 40 ( 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. SeeT EX . R. A PP . P. 47 .2(b). Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv ered and fil ed th is the 26th day of Febr uar

y , 200 9.