NUMBER 13-00-209-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI
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JUAN TORRES, JR., Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
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On appeal from the 357th District Court
of Cameron County, Texas.
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O P I N I O N
Before Justices Hinojosa, Yañez, and Chavez
Opinion Per Curiam
Appellant, JUAN TORRES, JR. , attempted to perfect an appeal from a judgment entered by the 357th District Court of Cameron County, Texas. Sentence in this cause was imposed on May 18, 1999. No timely motion for new trial was filed. The notice of appeal was due to be filed on June 17, 1999, but was not filed until March 21, 2000. Said notice of appeal is untimely filed.
Tex. R. App. P. 26.3 provides that the court of appeals may grant an extension of time for filing notice of appeal if such notice is filed within fifteen days of the last day allowed and within the same period a motion is filed in the court of appeals reasonably explaining the need for such extension. Appellant failed to file his notice of appeal within such period.
The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant's failure to timely perfect his appeal, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The appeal is hereby DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.
Opinion delivered and filed this
the 20th day of April, 2000.