Stephanie Bekendam v. The State of Texas Appeal from 30th District Court of Wichita County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-17-00183-CR STEPHANIE BEKENDAM APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE ---------FROM THE 30TH DISTRICT COURT OF WICHITA COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 50166-A ---------- MEMORANDUM OPINION1 ---------Appellant Stephanie Bekendam attempts to appeal from a judgment convicting her of driving while intoxicated repetition. On June 16, 2017, we notified Bekendam of our concern that we may not have jurisdiction over this appeal because the notice of appeal was not timely filed—the trial court imposed her sentence on September 20, 2010, so her notice of appeal was due on 1 See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4. October 20, 2010, but was not filed until June 13, 2017. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). We informed Bekendam that the appeal may be dismissed for want of jurisdiction unless she or any party desiring to continue the appeal filed a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. Beckendam filed a response, but it does not show grounds for continuing the appeal. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998) (explaining that if appeal is not timely perfected, court of appeals does not obtain jurisdiction over appeal and may take no action other than to dismiss appeal). PER CURIAM PANEL: MEIER, GABRIEL, and SUDDERTH, JJ. DO NOT PUBLISH Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b) DELIVERED: July 27, 2017 2
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