Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert McFALL, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1978-01-19
Citations: 561 S.W.2d 447
Docket Number: No. 10687
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert McFALL, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 561
Pages: 447–448

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert McFALL, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10687.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.
Jan. 19, 1978.
John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Paul Robert Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for plaintiff-respondent.
Paul Crider, Jr., Public Defender, Rolla, for defendant-appellant.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant's notice of appeal was filed in the Phelps County Circuit Clerk's office on May 6, 1977. Said notice alleged that the underlying judgment became final on May 2, 1977. An order waiving the docket fee was signed on May 13, 1977.
Rules 28.03 and 81.04 require that a notice of appeal be filed within ten days after the judgment becomes final. There can be no valid filing of a notice of appeal until the docket fee has been paid or waived. State v. Worl, 531 S.W.2d 294, 295(2) (Mo.App.1975). The last day to file the notice of appeal was May 12, 1977, and subsequent waiver of the docket fee does not bestow jurisdiction upon this court.
The appeal must be, and hereby is, dismissed.
All concur.