Opinion
No. 01-09-00477-CR
June 25, 2009 DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
On Appeal from the 337th District Court, Harris County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. 1171194.
Panel consists of Justices KEYES, HANKS, and BLAND.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Hon. Don Stricklin presided. Trial counsel were Layton Duer for appellant and Katie Warren for the State. No appellate counsel.
We lack jurisdiction to hear this appeal. The trial court sentenced appellant, Randy Craig Austin, and signed a final judgment in this case on August 25, 2008. Appellant did not file a motion for new trial, and therefore the deadline for filing notice of appeal was September 24, 2008, 30 days after sentencing. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). Appellant filed a notice of appeal on April 23, 2009, 421 days after the deadline. An untimely notice of appeal fails to vest the appellate court with jurisdiction to hear the case. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 209-10 (Tex.Crim.App. 1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex.Crim.App. 1996); Douglas v. State, 987 S.W.2d 605, 605-06 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, no pet.). Even if we were to construe appellant's notice of appeal filed on April 23, 2009 as a motion for an out-of-time appeal, neither the trial court nor this Court has authority to grant an out-of-time appeal. The exclusive post-conviction remedy in final felony convictions in Texas courts is through a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to article 11.07 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991); Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (Vernon Supp. 2008). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We dismiss as moot any pending motions. It is so ORDERED.
The record reflects that On August 25, 2008 appellant pleaded guilty to the third degree felony offense of assault, family violence second offender and, in accordance with his plea bargain agreement with the State, the trial court sentenced him that same date to confinement for 4 years.