Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 5, 2010.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-10-00635-CR
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CARLOS LOZANO CORREA, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 263rd District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1201744
MEMORANDUM OPINION
After a jury trial commenced, appellant entered a plea of guilty, without an agreed recommendation on punishment, to theft of between $100,000 and $200,000. On February 8, 2010, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for ten years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. No motion for new trial was filed. Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed until July 12, 2010.
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
Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Yates and Boyce.
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