Court Opinion

ID: 3073111
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Date Created: 2015-10-16 00:52:32.710461+00
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The State of /s

                                  Fourth Court of Appeals
                                          San Antonio, Texas
                                                   July 31, 2015

                                              No. 04-15-00467-CR

                                              Abel OYERVIDES,
                                                   Appellant

                                                          v.

                                          THE STATE OF TEXAS,
                                                Appellee

                      From the 399th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                    Trial Court No. 2012CR4803
                               Honorable Ray Olivarri, Judge Presiding

                                                 ORDER

        The trial court imposed sentence on May 28, 2015, and appellant did not file a motion for
new trial. Therefore, the notice of appeal was due June 29, 2015, or the notice and a motion for
extension of time to file, were due fifteen days later on July 15, 2015. 1 See TEX. R. APP. P.
26.2(a)(1), 26.3. The record contains a notice of appeal file stamped July 15, 2015, but appellant
did not file a motion for extension of time to file the notice of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3.

        A notice of appeal may appear to be late if filed by mail pursuant to Rule 9.2(b) of the
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.2; Moore v. State, 840 S.W.2d 439
(Tex. Crim. App. 1992) (applying mailbox rule to filing of cost bond in appeal of criminal case);
Villarreal v. State, 199 S.W.3d 30 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2006, order), disp. on merits, No.
04-06-00022-CR, 2007 WL 120625 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Jan. 19, 2007, pet. ref’d) (holding
inmate’s notice of appeal was timely filed when delivered in a properly-addressed envelope to
jail authorities on or before the due date and received by clerk within ten days of filing deadline).
In this case, however, the unsworn declaration signed by appellant and included in the envelope
with appellant’s notice of appeal is dated July 6, 2015, beyond the due date for the notice of
appeal. Thus, it appears from the record before us that appellant did not deliver his notice of

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  Technically, the notice was due June 27, 2015 — thirty days from the date of judgment — but the 27th was a
Saturday, and therefore, the notice was not due until the next Monday. See TEX. R. APP. P. 4.1(a) (stating that if last
day of period prescribed by appellate rules is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period extends to the end of
the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday).
appeal to jail authorities on or before June 29, 2015, and therefore, Rule 9.2 will not provide
appellant with relief in this case.

        We therefore ORDER appellant to file a written response in this court on or before
August 31, 2015 showing cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for want of
jurisdiction. See Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996) (holding that
timely notice of appeal is necessary to invoke court of appeals’ jurisdiction). If appellant fails to
satisfactorily respond within the time provided, the appeal will be dismissed. If a supplemental
clerk’s record is required to show jurisdiction, appellant must ask the district clerk to prepare one
and must notify the clerk of this court that such a request was made. All deadlines in this matter
are suspended until further order of the court.

                                                      _________________________________
                                                      Marialyn Barnard, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 31st day of July, 2015.

                                                      ___________________________________
                                                      Keith E. Hottle
                                                      Clerk of Court