Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-09-10 21:44:30.748728+00
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lee, elmer edward v. state                                          

                                        NO. 12-07-00230-CR
 
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
 
TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS
DISTRICT
 
TYLER, TEXAS
 
 
BARRY
EUGENE BROOKS,          §          APPEAL FROM THE 2ND
APPELLANT
 
V.        §          JUDICIAL
DISTRICT COURT OF
 
THE
STATE OF TEXAS,
APPELLEE   §          CHEROKEE
COUNTY, TEXAS
 

 
 

MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER
CURIAM
            This appeal is being dismissed for want of
jurisdiction.  Appellant was convicted of
two counts of practicing dentistry without a license.  Sentence was imposed on April 10, 2007.
            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.  Where a timely
motion for new trial has been filed, notice of appeal shall be filed within
ninety days after the sentence is imposed or suspended in open court.  Id.  Appellant did not file a motion for new
trial.  Therefore, his notice of appeal
was due to have been filed on or before May 10, 2007.  However, Appellant did not file his notice of
appeal until June 21, 2007 and did not file a motion for extension of time to
file his notice of appeal as permitted by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure
26.3.
            On June 22, 2007, this court notified Appellant, pursuant
to Rules 26.2 and 37.2, that the clerk’s record did not show the jurisdiction
of this court, and it gave him until July 2, 2007 to correct the defect.  The deadline has now passed, and Appellant
has not furnished information showing the jurisdiction of this court or
otherwise responded to this court’s notice. 
       
            Because this court has no authority to allow the late
filing of a notice of appeal except as provided by Rule 26.3, the appeal must
be dismissed.  See Slaton v. State,
981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). 
Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Opinion
delivered July 11, 2007.
Panel
consisted of Worthen, C.J., Griffith, J., and Hoyle, J.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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