Court Opinion

ID: 4381661
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Date Created: 2019-03-28 10:42:57.864049+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                      San Antonio, Texas
                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                         No. 04-19-00120-CR

                                        Noemy G. RAMIREZ,
                                             Appellant

                                                   v.

                                        The STATE of Texas,
                                              Appellee

                     From the 379th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                   Trial Court No. 2016CR11195
                              Honorable Ron Rangel, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting:          Irene Rios, Justice
                  Beth Watkins, Justice
                  Liza A. Rodriguez, Justice

Delivered and Filed: March 27, 2019

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

           Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, appellant pleaded guilty to arson of a habitation or

place of assembly. On March 14, 2017, the trial court assessed punishment at five years’

imprisonment with a $1,500.00 fine.

           Appellant did not file a motion for new trial. Therefore, appellant’s notice of appeal was

due to be filed April 13, 2017. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). A motion for extension of time to file

the notice of appeal was due on April 28, 2017. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3. Appellant did not file his

notice of appeal until March 4, 2019, approximately one year and ten months after its due date.
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         Because the notice of appeal in this case was not timely filed, we lack jurisdiction to

entertain this appeal. See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998) (holding

that if an appeal is not timely perfected, the court of appeals does not obtain jurisdiction to address

the merits of appeal, and the court may take no action other than to dismiss appeal; an appellate

court may not suspend rules to alter time for perfecting appeal); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519,

522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996); see also Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241 (Tex. Crim.

App. 1991) (explaining that writ of habeas corpus pursuant to article 11.07 of the Texas Code of

Criminal Procedure governs out-of-time appeals from felony convictions).

         Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. 1

                                                             PER CURIAM

DO NOT PUBLISH

1
 We also note the trial court’s certification in this appeal states that “this criminal case is a plea-bargain case, and the
defendant has NO right of appeal.” The clerk’s record contains a written plea bargain, and the punishment assessed
did not exceed the punishment recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by the defendant; therefore, the trial
court’s certification accurately reflects that the criminal case is a plea-bargain case. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2).
Rule 25.2(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provides, “The appeal must be dismissed if a certification that
shows the defendant has a right of appeal has not been made part of the record under these rules.” TEX. R. APP. P.
25.2(d).

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