Opinion
NO. 03-18-00443-CR
07-18-2018
Exavier Rhysen Ruffin, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 426TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 70880 , HONORABLE MARTHA J. TRUDO, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION
Exavier Rhysen Ruffin seeks to appeal his May 1, 2017 judgment of conviction. The thirty-day deadline for perfecting the appeal was May 31, 2017, and the deadline for filing an extension of time to file the notice of appeal was June 15, 2017. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1), 26.3. However, Ruffin did not file his notice of appeal until June 5, 2018, and he did not file any extension of time to file his notice of appeal.
Under the circumstances, we lack jurisdiction to dispose of this purported appeal in any manner other than by dismissing it for want of jurisdiction. See Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522-23 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996) (concluding that when belated notice of appeal is filed without timely motion for extension of time to file notice of appeal, appellate court must dismiss purported appeal for lack of jurisdiction); see also Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998) (holding that amendments to rules of appellate procedure did not affect Olivo's rationale requiring timely notice of appeal to vest appellate court with jurisdiction).
The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
/s/_________
Jeff Rose, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Field Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: July 18, 2018 Do Not Publish