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NO. 07-09-0365-CR

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

AT AMARILLO

PANEL C

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

______________________________

CHARLES EDWARD SIMS, APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE

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FROM THE 108TH DISTRICT COURT OF POTTER COUNTY;

NO. 55,097-E; HONORABLE DOUGLAS R. WOODBURN, JUDGE

_______________________________

Before QUINN, C.J., and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
          Following a plea of not guilty, Appellant, Charles Edward Sims, was convicted by
a jury of aggravated sexual assault of a child.  Sentence was imposed at forty years
confinement.  We dismiss this purported appeal for want of jurisdiction.  
          A timely and proper notice of appeal invokes this Court’s jurisdiction.  State v.
Riewe, 13 S.W.3d 408, 410 (Tex.Crim.App. 2000).  When no motion for new trial is filed,
a notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after the date sentence is imposed.  Tex.
R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1).  The deadline may be extended if, within fifteen days, the party files
the notice with the trial court clerk and a motion for extension of time in this Court.  Tex.
R. App. P. 26.3.  This Court has no authority to invoke Rule 2 to enlarge the time in which
to file a notice of appeal.  Tex. R. App. P. 2; Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210
(Tex.Crim.App. 1998).
          The limited documents filed to date reflect that Appellant was sentenced on August
25, 2009.  No motion for new trial was filed making the deadline in which to file the notice
of appeal September 25, 2009.  With the fifteen day extension provided by Rule 26.3, the
deadline was extended to October 10, 2009.
  Appellant, however, did not file his notice
of appeal until November 6, 2009.  Appellant’s failure to timely file his notice of appeal
prevents this Court from having jurisdiction to entertain his appeal.

          Consequently, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
                                                                           Patrick A. Pirtle
                                                                                 Justice
    
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