TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-15-00711-CR
NO. 03-15-00712-CR
Frank Joseph, Jr., Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 299TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NOS. D-1-DC-04-904186 & D-1-DC-04-904187
HONORABLE KAREN SAGE, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Frank Joseph, Jr., has filed pro se notices of appeal from the district court’s
orders denying his motions for DNA testing. The orders were signed by the district court on
April 14, 2015. Joseph’s notices of appeal were filed on November 12, 2015.
In a criminal case, the notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after the day the
trial court enters an appealable order.1 Joseph’s notices of appeal are untimely. Absent a timely filed
notice of appeal, this Court lacks jurisdiction to dispose of an appeal in any manner other than by
dismissing it for want of jurisdiction.2 Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals for want of jurisdiction.3
1
See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1).
2
See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d
519 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996).
3
In each appeal, Joseph has filed a pro se “motion for correction of remediable errors.”
Because we lack jurisdiction over these appeals, we dismiss those motions as moot.
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Bob Pemberton, Justice
Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Field
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: December 17, 2015
Do Not Publish
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