TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-15-00525-CR
Jeremy Teak Palmer, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY, 22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. CR2013-250, HONORABLE R. BRUCE BOYER, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Jeremy Teak Palmer has filed a notice of appeal from a judgment of
conviction for driving while intoxicated with two or more previous convictions for the same type
of offense. The district court imposed sentence on June 8, 2015. Thus, the deadline for perfecting
the appeal was July 8, 2015. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). Palmer filed his notice of appeal on
August 19, 2015. On the same day, he filed a motion for extension of time to file his notice of
appeal, but the deadline for filing that motion was July 23, 2015. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. Absent
a timely filed notice of appeal, we lack jurisdiction to dispose of this appeal in any manner other than
by dismissing it for want of jurisdiction. See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App.
1998) (per curiam); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). We are also
without jurisdiction to grant a motion for extension of time that is filed more than fifteen days after
the date that the notice of appeal was due. See Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 522, 526. Accordingly, we deny
the motion for extension of time and dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.1
__________________________________________
Cindy Olson Bourland, Justice
Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Bourland
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: August 28, 2015
1
The remedy for a late-filed notice of appeal is to file a post-conviction writ of habeas
corpus returnable to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for consideration of an out-of-time appeal.
See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07.
2