Opinion
02-22-00114-CR 02-22-00115-CR
09-15-2022
William Adam Walker, Appellant v. The State of Texas
DO NOT PUBLISH
On Appeal from County Criminal Court No. 3 Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court Nos. 1665266, 1665265
Before Birdwell, Bassel, and Womack, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM
On January 13, 2021, the trial court sentenced appellant William Adam Walker to 40 days' confinement for failure to identify under Section 38.02(d)(2) of the Texas Penal Code. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 38.02(d)(2). No motion for new trial was filed in either cause number, so appellant's notice of appeal was due February 12, 2021, but was not filed until June 1, 2022. See Tex.R.App.P. 26.2(a)(1). We informed him that unless he filed a response showing grounds for continuing the appeals, we would dismiss them.
In the second trial court cause number from which Walker now attempts to appeal, he was charged with resisting arrest, search, or transportation. The State filed a motion to dismiss, and on January 13, 2021, the trial court signed an order dismissing the second trial court cause number.
Walker responded to our letter pro se, but his response does not show grounds for continuing the appeals. We have not received a response from appellant's appointed counsel. Because his notice of appeal was not timely and because a timely notice of appeal is an essential component of our jurisdiction, we dismiss the appeals. See Tex.R.App.P. 25.2(b), 26.2(a)(1) (stating that a defendant has thirty days after the imposition of a sentence to file a notice of appeal), 43.2(f); Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Rodarte v. State, 860 S.W.2d 108, 110 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993) (discussing the rule of appellate procedure that preceded rule 26.2, which likewise required the filing of a notice of appeal within thirty days after the imposition of a sentence, and dismissing an untimely appeal for want of jurisdiction).