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Becker v. State

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS

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ANTHONY ESTRADA,                                     )                     No. 08-06-00081-CR
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                                    Appellant,                        )                            Appeal from
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v.                                                                          )                      168th District Court
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THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                   )                  of El Paso County, Texas
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                                    Appellee.                          )                      (TC# 990D03032)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Anthony Estrada attempts to appeal from a conviction of unlawful carrying of a prohibited
weapon.  Finding that Appellant has not timely filed his notice of appeal or a motion for extension
of time, we dismiss the appeal.
            The record before us reflects that sentence was imposed in open court on December 16, 2005. 
Appellant did not file a motion for new trial.  He filed notice of appeal on March 27, 2006.  By letter
dated April 12, 2006, we notified in Appellant in writing of our intent to dismiss this appeal for want
of jurisdiction.  Appellant has filed a response stating that he filed a “motion to appeal” on January
12, 2006, but that document is not contained in the appellate record or in the district clerk’s file.
            A timely notice of appeal is necessary to invoke this Court’s jurisdiction.  Olivo v. State, 918
S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex.Crim.App. 1996).  Appellant’s notice of appeal was due to be filed on January
15, 2006, thirty days after the day sentence was imposed in open court.  See Tex.R.App.P. 26.2(a)(1). 
Pursuant to Rule 26.3, a court of appeals may grant an extension of time to file notice of appeal if
the notice is filed within fifteen days after the last day allowed and, within the same period, a motion
is filed in the court of appeals reasonably explaining the need for the extension of time. 
Tex.R.App.P. 26.3; Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 522.  Because Appellant did not file his notice of appeal
until March 27, 2006, and he failed to file a motion for extension of time, he failed to perfect this
appeal.  Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

August 31, 2006                                                          
                                                                                    ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice

Before Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.

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