Luis Gonzalez Medellin v. State ( 2010 )

NO

NO. 12-10-00244-CV

                         IN THE COURT OF APPEALS        

            TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

                                      TYLER, TEXAS

LUIS GONZALEZ MEDELLIN,

APPELLANT                                                     '     APPEAL FROM THE 114TH

V.                                                                         '     JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 '     SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS

APPELLEE

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM

            This appeal is being dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  Appellant was convicted of felony driving while intoxicated, and attempts to appeal the order to withdraw court costs from his inmate trust account.

            As pertinent here, Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.2 provides that an appeal is perfected when notice of appeal is filed within thirty days after the trial court enters an appealable order.  Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1).  The trial court entered the complained of order on April 20, 2010.  Therefore, Appellant’s notice of appeal was due to have been filed on or before May 20, 2010.  However, Appellant did not file his notice of appeal until August 2, 2010, and did not file a motion for extension of time to file his notice of appeal as permitted by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.3.  See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3 (appellate court may extend time for filing notice of appeal if, within fifteen days after deadline for filing notice of appeal, appellant files notice of appeal in trial court and motion complying with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) in appellate court).

            On September 20, 2010, this court notified Appellant that his notice of appeal was untimely and that there was no timely motion for an extension of time to file the notice of appeal as permitted by rule 26.3.  Appellant was further informed that the appeal would be dismissed unless, on or before September 30, 2010, the information filed in this appeal was amended to show the jurisdiction of this court.  The deadline has passed, and Appellant has neither shown the jurisdiction of this court nor otherwise responded to its September 20, 2010 notice.

            Because this court has no authority to allow the late filing of a notice of appeal except as provided by rule 26.3, the appeal must be dismissed.  See 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).  Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  All pending motions are overruled as moot.

Opinion delivered October 6, 2010.

Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Griffith, J., and Hoyle, J.

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