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NUMBER 13-13-00051-CR

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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JOSHUA JOSEPH CORBIN,                                                       Appellant,

                                           v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
____________________________________________________________

             On appeal from the 252nd District Court
                  of Jefferson County, Texas.
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                      MEMORANDUM OPINION
                Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Perkes
                     Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       Appellant, Joshua Joseph Corbin, attempted to perfect an appeal from a

conviction for possession of a controlled substance. We dismiss the appeal for want of

jurisdiction.

       Sentence in this matter was imposed on December 10, 2012. No motion for new

trial was filed. On January 24, 2013, appellant was notified that his notice of appeal was
due on January 9, 2013, and appeared to be untimely. The notice of appeal was dated

January 9, 2013, had a postmark date of January 11, 2013, and stamped “filed” by the

district clerk on January 14, 2013. Appellant was instructed that if he contends that he

placed the notice of appeal in the jail’s system for processing in the U.S. Mail on or before

the last day for filing, to provide supporting documentation. Appellant was advised that if

no response was received, the appeal would be dismissed after February 4, 2013.

Appellant has not responded to this notice.

         Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.2 provides that an appeal is perfected when

notice of appeal is filed within thirty days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended

in open court unless a motion for new trial is timely filed. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). The

time within which to file the notice may be enlarged if, within fifteen days after the deadline

for filing the notice, the party files the notice of appeal and a motion complying with Rule

10.5(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See id. 26.3. Although the notice of

appeal herein was filed within the 15-day time period for filing a motion for extension of

time to file notice of appeal, no such motion for extension of time was filed. See id.

         This Court's appellate jurisdiction in a criminal case is invoked by a timely filed

notice of appeal. Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). “When a

notice of appeal is filed within the fifteen-day period but no timely motion for extension of

time is filed, the appellate court lacks jurisdiction.” Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 522.    Absent a

timely filed notice of appeal, a court of appeals does not obtain jurisdiction to address the

merits of the appeal in a criminal case and can take no action other than to dismiss the

appeal for want of jurisdiction. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App.

1998).

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       Appellant may be entitled to an out-of-time appeal by filing a post-conviction writ of

habeas corpus returnable to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; however, the

availability of that remedy is beyond the jurisdiction of this Court. See TEX. CODE CRIM.

PROC. ANN. art. 11.07, ' 3(a) (Vernon 2005); see also Ex parte Garcia, 988 S.W.2d 240

(Tex. Crim. App. 1999).

       The appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION.

                                                         PER CURIAM

Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the
4th day of April, 2013.

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