Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-29 08:11:54.026127+00
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Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 24, 2023.

                                        In The

                      Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                NO. 14-22-00917-CR

                      HECTOR GIAGNOCOVO, Appellant

                                           V.
                        THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                     On Appeal from the 338th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                         Trial Court Cause No. 1599067

                  MEMORANDUM                        OPINION

      This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction signed May 10, 2022. No
timely motion for new trial was filed. Therefore, appellant’s notice of appeal was
due by June 9, 2022. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1).

      A court of appeals may grant an extension of time if, within 15 days after the
deadline for filing the notice of appeal, the party files (a) the notice of appeal in the
trial court, and (b) a motion for extension of time in the court of appeals. See Tex.
R. App. P. 26.3; see also Tex. R. App. P. 10.5(b)(2) (governing motion for extension
of time to file notice of appeal). The fifteenth day after June 9, 2022, was June 24,
2022. Appellant filed his notice of appeal on December 9, 2022, a date that is not
within 15 days of the due date.

      A notice of appeal that complies with the requirements of Texas Rule of
Appellate Procedure 26 is essential to vest the court of appeals with jurisdiction.
Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). When a notice of
appeal is not filed within the 15-day period, the court of appeals can take no action
other than to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See id.

      On December 20, 2022, the parties were notified that the court may dismiss
the appeal for want of jurisdiction unless appellant demonstrated that the court has
jurisdiction. Appellant’s response does not demonstrate this court has jurisdiction.

      Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

                                    PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Wise, Jewell, and Poissant.

Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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