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NUMBER 13-02-148-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI
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RODOLFO JUAN MORALES, Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
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On appeal from the 197th District Court
of Cameron County, Texas.
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O P I N I O N
Before Justices Dorsey, Rodriguez, and Castillo
Opinion Per Curiam
Appellant, RODOLFO JUAN MORALES, attempted to perfect an appeal from a judgment entered by the 197th District Court of Cameron County, Texas. Sentence in this cause was imposed on September 22, 2000. A timely motion for new trial was filed on October 23, 2000. The notice of appeal was due to be filed on December 21, 2000, but was not filed until December 21, 2001. 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 and a motion requesting an extension of time 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Do not publish.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 23rd day of May, 2002.