NO. 12-02-00295-CR
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT
TYLER, TEXAS
ELLIS ROY BROWN,§ APPEAL FROM THE 123RD
APPELLANT
V.§ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
APPELLEE§ PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS
MEMORANDUM OPINION (1)
This appeal is being dismissed for want of jurisdiction. On June 26, 2002, Appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated assault of a peace officer. On June 27, punishment was assessed at twelve years of confinement. Thereafter, Appellant timely filed a motion for new trial. Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.2 provides that an appeal is perfected when notice of appeal is filed within thirty days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court unless a motion for new trial is timely filed. Where a timely motion for new trial has been filed, notice of appeal shall be filed within ninety days after the sentence is imposed or suspended in open court. Id. Since Appellant timely filed a motion for new trial, his notice of appeal was due to have been filed on or before September 25, 2002. However, Appellant did not file his notice of appeal until October 14, 2002.
An appellate court may extend the time to file a notice of appeal if, within fifteen days after the deadline for filing the notice of appeal, the appellant files a notice of appeal in the trial court and a motion for extension of time in the appellate court. Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. Therefore, to comply with Rule 26.3, Appellant was required to file his notice of appeal and motion for extension of time on or before October 10, 2002. However, both the notice and the motion were filed on October 14, 2002 and thus were untimely.
This court has no authority to allow the late filing of a notice of appeal except as provided by Rule 26.3. See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). Accordingly, Appellant's motion for extension of time to file his notice of appeal is overruled, and this appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Opinion delivered October 23, in the Year of our Lord 2002.
Panel consisted of Gohmert, Jr., C.J., Worthen, J., and Griffith, J.
(DO NOT PUBLISH)
1. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.1.