Court Opinion

ID: 9904885
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-28 13:09:27.010484+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:37.493708
License: Public Domain

Fourth Court of Appeals
                                      San Antonio, Texas
                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                         No. 04-23-00871-CR

                                         Jason Andrew PAUL,
                                               Appellant

                                                   v.

                                         The STATE of Texas,
                                               Appellee

                     From the 437th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                   Trial Court No. 2019CR0811
                           Honorable Andrew Carruthers, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting:          Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice
                  Beth Watkins, Justice
                  Liza A. Rodriguez, Justice

Delivered and Filed: November 22, 2023

DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION

           On November 30, 2020, appellant entered into a plea bargain with the State pursuant to

which he pleaded no contest to retaliation. The trial court imposed sentence in accordance with the

agreement and signed a certificate stating this “is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO

right of appeal.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). On November 1, 2022, a magistrate entered an

order extending appellant’s civil commitment in the case.

           Because appellant did not file a timely motion for new trial from the original judgment of

conviction, a notice of appeal from that judgment was due by December 30, 2020. TEX. R. APP. P.
                                                                                       04-23-00871-CR

26.2(a)(1). A motion for extension of time to file the notice of appeal was due by January 14, 2020.

See id. R. 26.3. Because appellant did not file a timely motion for new trial from the civil

commitment order, a notice of appeal from that order was due by December 1, 2022, and a motion

for extension of time to file the notice of appeal was due by December 16, 2022. TEX. R. APP. P.

26.2(a)(1), 26.3. Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal on September 29, 2023.

       A timely notice of appeal is necessary to invoke the jurisdiction of a court of appeals. See

Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). A late notice of appeal may be

considered timely so as to invoke a court of appeals’ jurisdiction if: (1) it is filed within fifteen

days of the last day allowed for filing; (2) a motion for extension of time is filed in the court of

appeals within fifteen days of the last day allowed for filing the notice of appeal; and (3) the court

of appeals grants the motion for extension of time. See id.

       Because the record appears to show that appellant’s notice of appeal was untimely and he

did not file a motion for extension of time, on October 3, 2023, we ordered appellant to show cause

in writing why this appeal should not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction by November 2, 2023.

See id.; see also Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991) (out-

of-time appeal from final felony conviction may be sought by filing a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure). Appellant did not file a

response to our order. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.

                                                   PER CURIAM

DO NOT PUBLISH

                                                 -2-