Alfredo Salazar Amaro v. The State of Texas Appeal from 51st District Court of Tom Green County (memorandum opinion )
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-16-00559-CR NO. 03-16-00560-CR Alfredo Salazar Amaro, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY, 51ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT NOS. A-15-0704-SA & A-15-0363-SA HONORABLE BARBARA L. WALTHER, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION On June 15, 2016, appellant Alfredo Salazar Amaro pled guilty to two charges of possession of heroin with intent to deliver. That same date, in open court, the trial court accepted his plea, found him guilty of both counts, and imposed sentences of ten and fifteen years’ imprisonment, to run concurrently. Although the written judgments of conviction were signed by the trial court on July 19, the time to file a notice of appeal in a criminal case runs from “the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court.” Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). Thus, the deadline to appeal was July 15, and appellant’s notices of appeal, filed August 18, were untimely. See id. We have no alternative but to dismiss the appeals for want of jurisdiction. See Perez v. State, 424 S.W.3d 81, 85 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014) (quoting Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996)). ___________________________________________ David Puryear, Justice Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton, and Field Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: September 21, 2016 Do Not Publish 2
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