Case Name: STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curling L. BRINSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1992-06-29
Citations: 602 So. 2d 305
Docket Number: No. CR 92-257
Parties: STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curling L. BRINSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before STOKER and LABORDE, JJ., and COREIL , J. Pro Tern.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 602
Pages: 305–306

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curling L. BRINSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. CR 92-257.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
June 29, 1992.
Speedy 0. Long, Jena, for defendant-appellant.
John Johnson, Dist. Atty., Harrisonberg, for plaintiff-appellee.
Before STOKER and LABORDE, JJ., and COREIL , J. Pro Tern.
Honorable Joseph E. Cored, Retired, participated in this decision by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court as Judge Pro Tem-pore.

Opinion:
STOKER, Judge.
On May 31, 1991, defendant, Curling J. Brinson, Jr., pled guilty to the charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine, violations of La. R.S. 40:966(A)(1) and La. R.S. 40:967(A)(1) respectively. On August 27, 1991, the defendant was sentenced to five (5) years at hard labor with the Department of Corrections plus a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and costs. Three and one-half (3½) years of his sentence was suspended and relator was placed on three (3) years probation. Seventeen (17) days later on September 13, counsel for defendant, Speedy O. Long, made an oral motion for appeal. A written motion for appeal confirming the oral motion was filed on October 10, 1991. As the defendant's appeal is untimely, we dismiss the appeal ex proprio motu.
La.C.Cr.P. art. 914 provides:
"Art. 914. Method and time of appeal A motion for an appeal may be made orally in open court or by filing a written motion with the clerk. The motion must be made no later than five days after the rendition of the judgment or ruling from which the appeal is taken. The motion shall be entered in the minutes of the court." (Emphasis added.)
When a defendant fails to make a motion for appeal within the time provided in Article 914, he loses his right to obtain an appeal by then filing a motion for appeal in the trial court. Upon expiration of the five day period for appeal, the conviction and sentence are final and defendant's only recourse is to seek reinstatement of his right to appeal by post-conviction proceeding in the trial court. State v. Counterman, 475 So.2d 336 (La.1985); State v. Latchie, 499 So.2d 1345 (La.App. 3 Cir.1986).
For these reasons, defendant s untimely appeal is dismissed ex proprio motu by this Court.
APPEAL DISMISSED.