Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:07:55.883908+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                        San Antonio, Texas
                                    MEMORANDUM OPINION

                                            No. 04-23-00610-CR

                                             Siddiq FRAZIER,
                                                 Appellant

                                                      v.

                                           The STATE of Texas,
                                                 Appellee

                      From the 144th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                    Trial Court No. 2019CR11204
                             Honorable Michael E. Mery, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting:           Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice
                   Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
                   Irene Rios, Justice

Delivered and Filed: August 16, 2023

DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION

           This is an appeal from a conviction for continuance violence against the family. Appellant

applied for deferred adjudication and pleaded no contest on December 7, 2020. Appellant was

required to follow the terms of community supervision for three years. He failed, and his

community supervision was revoked. On May 3, 2023, Appellant was sentenced to two years’

imprisonment and a $4,000 fine.

           The trial court at first certified that Frazier had waived his right to appeal, but then corrected

the certification to show that Frazier maintained a right of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2).
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On June 12, 2023, Frazier filed a notice of appeal pro se. Contra TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a) (requiring

a defendant to perfect his appeal within thirty days of the judgment). On June 23, 2023, the trial

court filed an amended certificate of appeal that certified Frazier had waived his right of appeal.

See id. R. 25.2(a)(2).

        On July 14, 2023, we issued an order to show cause, requiring Appellant to explain why

the appeal should not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction both because his notice of appeal was

untimely 1 and because the trial court certified that he did not have a right to appeal. 2 We warned

Appellant that if he failed to provide a reasonable explanation, his appeal would be dismissed

without further notice. Appellant filed no response.

        We now dismiss the purported appeal for want of jurisdiction.

                                                         PER CURIAM

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1
  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).
2
  Contra TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2)

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