John Jerry Garza v. The State of Texas Appeal from County Court at Law No. 6 of Bexar County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-17-00213-CR John Jerry GARZA, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee From the County Court at Law No. 6, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 527018 Honorable Wayne A. Christian, Judge Presiding PER CURIAM Sitting: Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice Irene Rios, Justice Delivered and Filed: June 14, 2017 DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION The trial court imposed sentence on John Jerry Garza on January 31, 2017. Garza did not file a motion for new trial. The deadline to file a notice of appeal was therefore March 2, 2017, thirty days after sentence was imposed. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). Garza’s notice of appeal states it was filed on March 10, 2017, and it was not file-stamped by the clerk’s office until April 5, 2017. Appellant did not file a timely motion for extension of time to file the notice of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3. 04-17-00213-CR On May 2, 2017, we notified Garza that the record raised an issue regarding our jurisdiction over the appeal. We ordered Garza to file a response by May 22, 2017, showing the appeal was timely filed. Garza did not respond to our order. Because the notice of appeal in this case was not timely filed, we lack jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998) (holding that if appeal is not timely perfected, court of appeals does not obtain jurisdiction to address merits of appeal, and court may take no action other than to dismiss appeal; court may not suspend rules to alter time for perfecting appeal); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Garza’s remedy is to seek an out-of-time appeal by filing an application for writ of habeas corpus. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. arts. 11.05, 11.09 (West 2015); Rodriguez v. Court of Appeals, Eighth Supreme Judicial Dist., 769 S.W.2d 554 (Tex. Crim. App. 1989); State ex rel. Rodriguez v. Onion, 741 S.W.2d 433 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987). We dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. PER CURIAM DO NOT PUBLISH -2-

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