Opinion
No. 01-05-00100-CR
Opinion issued March 24, 2005. DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).
On Appeal from the 178th District Court, Harris County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. 981751.
Panel consists of Justices TAFT, KEYES, and HANKS.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
We lack jurisdiction to hear this appeal. The trial court sentenced appellant, Tracy Earl Johnson, and signed a final judgment in this case on June 29, 2004. Appellant did not file a motion for new trial, and therefore the deadline for filing a notice of appeal was July 29, 2004, 30 days after sentencing. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). Appellant filed a notice of appeal on January 21, 2005, more than four months 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.). We therefore dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. It is so ORDERED.