Bryce Excell Grant v. State ( 2019 )

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 17, 2019.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
NO. 14-18-01035-CR
BRYCE EXCELL GRANT, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 177th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1477422
MEMORANDUM OPINION
After a plea of guilty, appellant was convicted of the felony offense of
attempted retaliation and sentenced to ten months in state jail on January 26, 2016.
No timely motion for new trial was filed. Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed
until September 29, 2018.
A defendant’s notice of appeal must be filed within 30 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 that complies with the requirements of Texas Rule
of Appellate Procedure 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 Justices Wise, Zimmerer, and Spain.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
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