IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-14-00065-CR
EX PARTE SALVADOR ZAVALA
From the County Court
Navarro County, Texas
Trial Court No. 52,611
ORDER
Salvador Zavala appears to contend in his Motion for Rehearing that we should
have granted his motion for an out of time appeal. Appellate courts have no
authorization by law, and thus, no jurisdiction, to grant an out of time notice of appeal.
Abbott v. State, 271 S.W.3d 694, 696-697 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008) (“The standard for
determining jurisdiction is … whether the appeal is authorized by law.”). Because we
have no jurisdiction to grant an out of time appeal, the most liberal construction we
could give Zavala’s pro se motion was as a motion to extend the time in which to file a
notice of appeal. But, as we held, as a motion to extend the time in which to file his
notice of appeal, the motion was untimely; thus, we had no jurisdiction to grant relief.
Ex parte Zavala, 10-14-00065-CR, 2014 Tex. App. LEXIS 3381 (Tex. App.—Waco Mar. 27,
2014, no pet. h.) (not designated for publication); See also Wallace v. State, 10-07-00041-
CR, 2007 Tex. App. LEXIS 3203, *2-3 (Tex. App.—Waco Apr. 25, 2007, no pet.) (not
designated for publication) (“We have no jurisdiction over an appeal where the notice is
untimely. Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). If an appeal is not
timely perfected, a court of appeals does not obtain jurisdiction to address the merits of
the appeal. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). Under those
circumstances we can take no action other than to dismiss the appeal. Id.”).
Accordingly, Zavala’s motion for rehearing is denied.
TOM GRAY
Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Motion denied
Order issued and filed April 24, 2014
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