Rodriguez, Cesar Guadalupe v. State








In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-02-00948-CR

NO. 01-02-00949-CR

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CESAR GUADALUPE RODRIGUEZ, Appellant


V.


THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee





On Appeal from the 337th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause Nos. 896456 & 896457





MEMORANDUM OPINION

           Cesar Guadalupe Rodriguez, appellant, was charged with committing two felony offenses of aggravated sexual assault. Appellant pled guilty on both offenses. The court ordered a pre-sentence investigation and held a hearing for the purpose of assessing appellant’s punishment. The court assessed appellant’s punishment on both cases at 10 years confinement. We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

           Appellant was sentenced on July 18, 2002. Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal, and did not file a motion for new trial. Texas rule of appellate procedure 26.2(a) provides that when no motion for new trial has been filed, the notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after the day sentence is imposed. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a) Texas rule of appellate procedure 9.2(b) provides that a mailed document is timely filed if it is deposited in the mail on or before the last day for filing. A legible postmark affixed by the United States Postal Service will be considered conclusive proof of the date of mailing. See Tex. R. App. P. 9.2(b)(2)(A). The record shows that the notice of appeal was postmarked on August 20, 2002 and filed on August 22, 2002. Therefore appellant’s notice of appeal was untimely filed and we do not have jurisdiction to consider his appeal.

Conclusion

           We dismiss appellant’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

 

                                                                             PER CURIAM


Panel consists of Justices Hedges, Nuchia, and Keyes.

Do not publish. Tex. R. App. P. 47.