Court Opinion

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Opinion filed March 21, 2013

                                              In The

         Eleventh Court of Appeals
                                          __________

                                     No. 11-13-00071-CR
                                         __________

                        STEVEN CEASAR URESTI, Appellant

                                                 V.

                           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                            On Appeal from the 70th District Court
                                       Ector County, Texas
                                Trial Court Cause No. A-39,257

                            MEMORANDUM OPINION
       Steven Ceasar Uresti appeals his conviction for the offense of manslaughter. We dismiss
the appeal.
       The documents on file in this case indicate that Uresti’s sentence was imposed on
November 29, 2012, that an untimely motion for new trial was filed on January 25, 2013, and
that a notice of appeal was first filed in the district clerk’s office on February 8, 2013. When the
appeal was filed in this court, we notified Uresti by letter that the notice of appeal appeared to be
untimely because the motion for new trial had not been timely filed. We requested that Uresti
respond and show grounds to continue this appeal. We also informed him that the appeal may be
dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Uresti has filed a response in this court. In his response,
Uresti agrees that the notice of appeal was not timely filed and states that he is unable to allege
any facts showing that this court has jurisdiction over his appeal.
       Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a), a notice of appeal is due to be filed either (1) within
thirty days after the date that sentence is imposed in open court or (2) if the defendant timely
files a motion for new trial, within ninety days after the date that sentence is imposed in open
court. To be timely, a motion for new trial must be filed no later than thirty days after the date
sentence is imposed. TEX. R. APP. P. 21.4(a). A notice of appeal must be in writing and filed
with the clerk of the trial court. TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(c)(1).
       The documents in this case reflect that Uresti’s motion for new trial was filed fifty-seven
days after the date sentence was imposed and, therefore, was not timely filed. Consequently,
Uresti’s notice of appeal was due within thirty days of the date of his sentencing. A notice of
appeal was first filed with the clerk of the trial court seventy-one days after Uresti’s sentence was
imposed and was, therefore, untimely.        Absent a timely notice of appeal, this court lacks
jurisdiction to entertain an appeal. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998);
Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996); Rodarte v. State, 860 S.W.2d 108 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1993). Because we have no jurisdiction, we must dismiss the appeal.
       This appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

                                                                 PER CURIAM

March 21, 2013
Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Panel consists of: Wright, C.J.,
McCall, J., and Willson, J.

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