Opinion
No. 01-04-00120-CR.
Opinion issued March 11, 2004. DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).
On Appeal from the 228th District Court, Harris County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. 950508.
Panel consists of Justices TAFT, HANKS, and HIGLEY.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
We lack jurisdiction to hear this appeal. The trial court sentenced appellant Carl Earl Pickrom and signed a final judgment in this case on October 8, 2003. Pickrom did not file a motion for new trial, and therefore the deadline for filing a notice of appeal was November 7, 2003, 30 days after sentencing. See Tex.R.App.P. 26.2(a)(1). Pickrom filed a notice of appeal on January 21, 2004, 75 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). We therefore dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.