Jared Heath Gaines v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 6th District Court of Lamar County

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-06-00141-CR

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JARED HEATH GAINES, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Sixth Judicial District Court

Lamar County, Texas

Trial Court No. 20988

Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Ross

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Jared Heath Gaines appeals from his conviction for murder. The sentence was imposed May 3, 2006. Gaines did not file a motion for new trial. Gaines filed a pro se notice of appeal July 6, 2006.

According to Rule 26.2, Gaines had thirty days after the date sentence was imposed to file a notice of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). Therefore, Gaines had until June 2, 2006, to file a notice of appeal. Hence, this appeal is untimely, and we are without jurisdiction to hear this case.

We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Donald R. Ross

Justice

Date Submitted: July 11, 2006

Date Dismissed: July 12, 2006

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