Opinion issued February 24, 2015.
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-13-00758-CR
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ERIC DOUGLAS SHAW, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 183rd District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Case No. 1365799
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Eric Douglas Shaw, attempts to appeal from his January 29, 2013
judgment of conviction for the state-jail felony offense of forgery.1 We dismiss the
1
See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 32.21(b) (Vernon 2011).
appeal for want of jurisdiction.
Pursuant to an agreement with the State, appellant pleaded guilty to the
offense of forgery and pleaded true to the allegations that he had twice been
previously convicted of felony offenses. The trial court accepted the plea
agreement and assessed appellant’s punishment at confinement for two years.
Appellant timely appealed. In an unpublished opinion, we dismissed his appeal for
want of jurisdiction because the case was a plea-bargained case and appellant had
no right of appeal. See Shaw v. State, No. 01-13-00132-CR, 2013 WL 1932133, at
*1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] May 9, 2013, no pet.) (mem. op., not
designated for publication). We issued our mandate on July 12, 2013. On August
16, 2013, appellant filed a second notice of appeal, seeking a new appeal.
We lack jurisdiction over appellant’s attempted appeal. We cannot exercise
jurisdiction over an appeal without a timely filed notice of appeal. See TEX. R. APP.
P. 26.2(a); see also Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998);
Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). The time for
perfecting an appeal from a judgment of conviction begins to run on the day that
sentence is imposed or suspended in open court. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a); see Lair
v. State, 321 S.W.3d 158, 159 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2010, pet. ref’d).
Here, the trial court imposed sentence on January 29, 2013. Appellant’s notice of
appeal, filed on August 16, 2013, is untimely.
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Further, only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction in final
post-conviction felony proceedings. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07
(Vernon Supp. 2014); see also Padieu v. Court of Appeals of Tex., Fifth Dist., 392
S.W.3d 115, 117–18 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) (citing TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN.
art. 11.07 (Vernon Supp. 2014); Ex parte Alexander, 685 S.W.2d 57, 60 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1985)). “Article 11.07 contains no role for the courts of appeals.” In re
Briscoe, 230 S.W.3d 196, 196 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2006, orig.
proceeding).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 43.2(f). We dismiss all pending motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Higley, and Huddle.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
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Eric Douglas Shaw v. State
Combined Opinion