Dismissed and Opinion filed June 12, 2003.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-03-00617-CR
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SHANE JERMAINE MATTHEWS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 405th District Court
Galveston County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 02CR1159
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced on March 14, 2003, to five years= incarceration in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. Appellant=s notice of appeal was not filed until April 17, 2003.
A defendant=s notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after sentence is imposed when the defendant has not filed a motion for new trial. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). A notice of appeal which complies with the requirements of Rule 26 is essential to vest the court of appeals with jurisdiction. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). If an appeal is not timely perfected, a court of appeals does not obtain jurisdiction to address the merits of the appeal. Under those circumstances it can take no action other than to dismiss the appeal. Id.
Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM
Judgment rendered and Opinion filed June 12, 2003.
Panel consists of Justices Anderson, Seymore, and Guzman.
Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).