Miguel Gonzales Aguilar v. The State of Texas Appeal from 24th District Court of De Witt County (memorandum opinion)
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NUMBER 13-17-00125-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ MIGUEL GONZALES AGUILAR, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 24th District Court of DeWitt County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Contreras, Benavides, and Longoria Memorandum Opinion by Justice Benavides Appellant, Miguel Gonzales Aguilar, attempted to perfect an appeal from a conviction for driving while intoxicated. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. This Court's appellate jurisdiction in a criminal case is invoked by a timely filed notice of appeal. Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Absent a timely filed notice of appeal, a court of appeals does not have jurisdiction to address the merits of the appeal and can take no action other than to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). The trial court imposed sentence in this matter on April 25, 2013. Appellant filed his notice of appeal on February 27, 2017. On March 6, 2017, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that it appeared that the appeal was not timely perfected and that the appeal would be dismissed if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of the Court’s directive.1 Appellant has responded by filing an amended notice of appeal requesting the Court find he is entitled to an appeal the merits of his case. Unless a motion for new trial has been timely filed, a notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court, or after the day the trial court enters an appealable order. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). Where a timely motion for new trial has been filed, the notice of appeal must be filed within ninety days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court. See id. 26.2(a)(2). The time within which to file the notice may be enlarged if, within fifteen days after the deadline for filing the notice, the party files the notice of appeal and a motion complying with Rule 10.5(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See id. 26.3. Appellant’s notice of appeal, filed more than three years after sentence was imposed, was untimely, and accordingly, we lack jurisdiction over the appeal. See 1 Additionally, the trial court has certified that this “is a plea bargain case and the defendant has NO right of appeal.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2 2 Slaton, 981 S.W.2d at 210. Appellant may be entitled to an out-of-time appeal by filing a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus returnable to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; however, the availability of that remedy is beyond the jurisdiction of this Court. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07, § 3(a) (West, Westlaw through 2015 R.S.); see also Ex parte Garcia, 988 S.W.2d 240 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). The appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. GINA M. BENAVIDES, Justice Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b). Delivered and filed the 20th day of April, 2017. 3
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