Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed July 27, 2006.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-06-00595-CR
NO. 14-06-00596-CR
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FELIX C. GARZA, JR., Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Criminal Court at Law No. 4
Harris County, Texas
County Court Cause Nos. 5462 & 5463
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
After a jury trial in municipal court, on July 28, 2005, appellant was convicted of Afailure to stop B stop line@ in cause number M0015913-4-1, and assessed a fine in the amount of $200, and of Afailure to signal changing lanes@ in cause number M0015913-4-2, and assessed a fine of $50.[1] On September 6, 2005, the municipal court denied appellant's motion for new trial. Appellant then appealed to the County Criminal Court at Law. See Tex. Gov=t Code Ann ' 30.00014(a) (Vernon 2004). By orders signed February 21, 2006, the county court affirmed the municipal court=s judgments. Appellant did not file his notices of appeal from the county court=s judgments until more than thirty days later, on July 7, 2006. First, we have no jurisdiction over the appeal from municipal court cause number M0015913-4-2, appealed to the County Court at Law No. 4 under cause number 5463, because the fine assessed is less than $100. See Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. ' 30.00027(a) (Vernon 2004) (granting the right to appeal to the court of appeals if the fine assessed exceeds $100). Secondly, we have no jurisdiction over either appeal because the notices of appeal were not filed timely. A defendant=s notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after the lower court enters an appealable order. 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 appeals are ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM
Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed July 27, 2006.
Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Yates and Guzman.
Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
[1] Trial was held in both cause numbers in the City of Houston Municipal Court No. 1, a municipal court of record. See Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. ' 30.00003 (Vernon 2004).