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Watkins v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston
Jun 18, 2009
No. 14-09-00485-CR (Tex. App. Jun. 18, 2009)

Opinion

No. 14-09-00485-CR

Memorandum Opinion filed June 18, 2009. DO NOT PUBLISH — TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

On Appeal from the 183rd District Court, Harris County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. 1190210.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices YATES and FROST.


MEMORANDUM OPINION


Appellant entered a guilty plea, without an agreed recommendation on punishment, to possession of less than one gram of cocaine. On January 12, 2009, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for 90 days in the Harris County Jail. No timely motion for new trial was filed. Appellant's notice of appeal was not filed until May 13, 2009. A defendant's notice of appeal must be filed within thirty 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.


Summaries of

Watkins v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston
Jun 18, 2009
No. 14-09-00485-CR (Tex. App. Jun. 18, 2009)
Case details for

Watkins v. State

Case Details

Full title:LEONARD WATKINS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston

Date published: Jun 18, 2009

Citations

No. 14-09-00485-CR (Tex. App. Jun. 18, 2009)