Opinion
No. 2-04-008-CR.
Delivered: February 26, 2004. DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).
Appeal from the 297th District Court of Tarrant County
Tavaris R. Prince, pro se, for Appellant(s). Tim Curry, Crim. D.A., Charles M. Mallin, Asst. Crim. D.A. and Chief of the Appellate Division, Fort Worth, TX, for Appellee(s).
Panel D: WALKER, J., CAYCE, C.J., and McCOY, J.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
See Tex.R.App.P. 47.4.
Tavaris R. Prince attempts to appeal his conviction for burglary of a habitation. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Pursuant to rule 26.2 of the rules of appellate procedure, a notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after the date sentence is imposed, or within ninety days after the date sentence is imposed if the defendant timely files a motion for new trial. Tex.R.App.P. 26.2(a). Appellant's sentence was imposed on September 4, 2003. Therefore, Appellant's notice of appeal was due October 6, 2003, but was not filed until January 6, 2004. See Tex.R.App.P. 26.2(a)(1). On January 13, 2004, we notified Appellant of the apparent untimeliness of the notice of appeal and stated that we would dismiss the appeal unless we received a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal. See Tex.R.App.P. 44.3. Appellant did not file a response. Because Appellant's notice of appeal was untimely, we have no jurisdiction over this appeal. See Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522-23 (Tex.Crim.App. 1996); see also Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex.Crim.App. 1998). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.