Dismissed and Opinion filed April 3, 2003.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-03-00243-CR
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DANIEL RAY GOODEN, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 338th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 887,020
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
After a guilty plea, appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated robbery and sentenced to thirty years= confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice--Institutional Division on January 14, 2003. No motion for new trial was filed. Appellant=s notice of appeal was not filed until February 21, 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 April 3, 2003.
Panel consists of Justices Yates, Hudson, and Frost.
Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).