TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-14-00447-CR
James Eric Grant, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 67168, THE HONORABLE MARTHA J. TRUDO, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant James Eric Grant seeks to appeal from a judgment adjudicating him guilty
of possession of a controlled substance. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.12, §§ 5(b), 21, 23; Tex.
Health & Safety Code § 482.115. Sentence was imposed on June 6, 2014. No motion for new trial
was filed. Therefore, the deadline for perfecting appeal was July 7, 2014. See Tex. R. App. P.
26.2(a)(1). Appellant filed his notice of appeal on July 17, 2014. No extension of time for filing the
notice of appeal was requested. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. Thus, appellant’s notice of appeal, filed
41 days after sentence was imposed, is untimely. Absent a timely filed notice of appeal, we do not
obtain jurisdiction to address the merits of the appeal in a criminal case and can take no action other
than to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522–23 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Accordingly,
we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.
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Melissa Goodwin, Justice
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: October 31, 2014
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