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NUMBER 13-07-00756-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG 

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NATIVIDAD TREJO OVALLE, JR., 	Appellant,
 
v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,	Appellee. 
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On appeal from the 275th District Court 
of Hidalgo County, Texas.

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

 
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Benavides

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

	Appellant, Natividad Trejo Ovalle, Jr., attempted to perfect an appeal from the
revocation of his probation.  We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
	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).  Absent a
timely filed notice of appeal, a court of appeals does not have jurisdiction to address the
merits of the appeal 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).  
	The trial court revoked probation on March 27, 2007.  Appellant filed his notice of
appeal on December 27, 2007.  On January 14, 2008, the Clerk of this Court notified
appellant that it appeared that the appeal was not timely perfected and that the appeal
would be dismissed if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt
of the Court's directive.  Appellant's response fails to address the timeliness of his notice
of appeal.   
	Unless a motion for new trial has been timely filed, a notice of appeal must be filed
within thirty days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court, or after
the day the trial court enters an appealable order.  Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1).  Where a
timely motion for new trial has been filed, the notice of appeal must be filed within ninety
days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court.  See id. 26.2(a)(2). 
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.
	Appellant's notice of appeal, filed nine months after entry of the order revoking
probation, was untimely, and accordingly, we lack jurisdiction over the appeal.  See Slaton,
981 S.W.2d at 210.  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.  
See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

Memorandum Opinion delivered and 
filed this the 10th day of April, 2008.