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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                    San Antonio, Texas
                                          January 18, 2018

                                        No. 04-18-00010-CR

                                          Jonathan BEEN,
                                             Appellant

                                                  v.

                                       The STATE of Texas,
                                             Appellee

                  From the 186th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                Trial Court No. 2017CR7167
                         Honorable Jefferson Moore, Judge Presiding

                                           ORDER
       Appellant pled nolo contendere to the charge of indecency—child exposure and true to
repeater. On September 1, 2017, the trial court found Appellant guilty of the offense and true to
the repeater allegation, and it sentenced him to confinement for five years in the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division and a $1,500.00 fine.
       The record does not show that Appellant filed a motion for new trial or any other post
judgment motion that would extend the appellate timetable. See TEX. R. APP. P. 22.5, 26.2(a)(2).
Appellant’s notice of appeal was due on October 2, 2017. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). On
December 28, 2017, Appellant filed a notice of appeal—which was eighty-eight days late.
        A timely notice of appeal is necessary to invoke a court of appeals’ jurisdiction. Olivo v.
State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Absent a timely motion for new trial, a
defendant’s notice of appeal is timely filed if it is filed within thirty days after (1) the day
sentence is imposed or suspended in open court, or (2) the day the trial court enters an appealable
order. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2; Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 522. In this case, the appellate record
does not show that Appellant’s notice of appeal was timely filed.
        A late notice of appeal may be considered timely and invoke a court of appeals’
jurisdiction if it meets the following requirements:
       (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.

Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 522; see also Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1991) (stating that an out-of-time appeal from a 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).
        We ORDER Appellant to show cause in writing within TWENTY DAYS of the date of
this order why this appeal should not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Olivo, 918
S.W.2d at 522; Ater, 802 S.W.2d at 243.

                                                    _________________________________
                                                    Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 18th day of January, 2018.

                                                    ___________________________________
                                                    KEITH E. HOTTLE,
                                                    Clerk of Court