Benito Garza Jr. v. The State of Texas Appeal from 435th District Court of Montgomery County (memorandum opinion)
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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-18-00254-CR ____________________ BENITO GARZA JR., Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the 435th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 17-01-01105-CR ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION The trial court sentenced Benito Garza Jr. on September 14, 2017. In a criminal case, the notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days of the date the sentence is imposed, or within ninety days if the defendant timely files a motion for new trial. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a). Garza’s notice of appeal was signed on May 29, 2018, postmarked on June 4, 2018, and filed on June 28, 2018. Garza did not file a motion for extension of time to file his notice of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. We notified the parties that Garza filed his notice of appeal too late to perfect an 1 appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(b) (“In a criminal case, appeal is perfected by timely filing a sufficient notice of appeal.”). Garza did not respond to this Court’s notice. Garza failed to file a notice of appeal within the time permitted for perfecting an appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a). “If a notice of appeal is not timely filed, the court of appeals has no option but to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.” Castillo v. State, 369 S.W.3d 196, 198 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. APPEAL DISMISSED. ________________________________ HOLLIS HORTON Justice Submitted on August 14, 2018 Opinion Delivered August 15, 2018 Do Not Publish Before Kreger, Horton and Johnson, JJ. 2
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