Opinion
NO. 14-16-00738-CR
10-25-2016
BRENETTA SHERMAN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 230th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1389343
MEMORANDUM OPINION
After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of the offense of theft and sentenced to four years' imprisonment on April 15, 2014. No timely motion for new trial was filed. Appellant's notice of appeal was not filed until September 1, 2016.
Appellant previously filed a notice appeal from this same judgment on April 15, 2014. On March 5, 2015, this court affirmed appellant's conviction. Sherman v. State, No. 14-14-00335-CR, 2015 WL 1020810 (Houston [14th] Mar. 5, 2015, pet. ref'd) (not designated for publication). --------
A defendant's notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after sentence is imposed when the defendant has not filed a motion for new trial. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). A notice of appeal that complies with the requirements of Rule 26 is essential to vest the court of appeals with jurisdiction. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). If an appeal is not timely perfected, a court of appeals does not obtain jurisdiction to address the merits of the appeal. Under those circumstances it can take no action other than to dismiss the appeal. Id.
Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Busby, Donovan, and Brown.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).