Ronney Williams v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 338th District Court of Harris County

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed May 24, 2007.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-07-00393-CR

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RONNEY WILLIAMS, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 338th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 628066

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

Appellant entered a guilty plea to possession of a controlled substance. In accordance with the terms of a plea bargain agreement with the State, the trial court sentenced appellant on November 23, 1992, to confinement for fifteen years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. No timely motion for new trial was filed. Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal on December 21, 2005. Because the notice of appeal was untimely, we dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction on January 26, 2006.

On May 11, 2007, we received an order to transfer Court of Appeals Number 01-07-00249-CR, Trial Court Case Number 628066, from the First Court of Appeals. That same day, the clerk=s record was filed in this court. The clerk=s record reflects appellant filed another notice of appeal on January 23, 2006, and again on December 11, 2006.

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 which 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.

PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed May 24, 2007.

Panel consists of Justices Yates, Anderson, and Frost.

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