William Garland Curtis v. The State of Texas--Appeal from County Court of Mills County
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-05-00487-CR William Garland Curtis, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE COUNTY COURT OF MILLS COUNTY NO. 04-06-6058, HONORABLE STEPHEN ELLIS, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION William Garland Curtis seeks to appeal from a judgment of conviction for possession of marihuana. Sentence was suspended on April 20, 2005. Notice of appeal was filed on August 4, 2005, and Curtis has filed a motion for extension of time. Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. The deadline for filing a motion for new trial was May 20, 2005. Tex. R. App. P. 21.4(a). Curtis s motion for new trial was filed May 23, 2005. Because the motion was not timely, it did not extend the time for perfecting appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(b). Under the circumstances, the motion for extension of time comes too late and we lack jurisdiction to dispose of the purported appeal in any manner other than by dismissing it for want of jurisdiction. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522-23 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). The motion for extension of time for filing notice of appeal is overruled and the appeal is dismissed. __________________________________________ W. Kenneth Law, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Law, Justices B. A. Smith and Puryear Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: August 26, 2005 Do Not Publish 2
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