TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-03-00073-CR
Nooruddin Punjani, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 3 OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY
NO. 00-1929-3, HONORABLE DONALD HIGGINBOTHAM, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Nooruddin Punjani seeks to appeal from a judgment of conviction for possessing a gambling
device. Sentence was imposed on November 25, 2002. There was no motion for new trial. The deadline
for perfecting appeal was therefore December 27, 2002. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). Notice of appeal
was filed on December 31, 2002. No extension of time for filing notice of appeal was requested. Tex. R.
App. P. 26.3. There is no indication that notice of appeal was properly mailed to the district clerk within
the time prescribed by rule 26.2(a). Tex. R. App. P. 9.2(b). Under the circumstances, we lack jurisdiction
to dispose of the purported appeal in any manner other than by dismissing it for want of jurisdiction. See
Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522-23
(Tex. Crim. App. 1996).
The appeal is dismissed.
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W. Kenneth Law, Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Law, Justices B. A. Smith and Puryear
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: February 13, 2003
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