Eugene Shannon Abner v. State ( 2020 )

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 23, 2020
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
NO. 14-20-00141-CR
EUGENE SHANNON ABNER, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 180th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 610227
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On October 22, 1992, appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated
sexual assault. Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed until January 28, 2020.
A defendant’s notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after sentence is
imposed unless the defendant 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 Bourliot, Hassan, and Poissant.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
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