Claudie Campbell v. State

Opinion

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed September 15, 2011.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-11-00767-CR

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CLAUDIE CAMPBELL, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 248th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 799847

MEMORANDUM OPINION

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated robbery and sentenced to ten years’ confinement on May 27, 1999.  Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed until August 31, 2011.

A defendant’s notice of appeal must be filed within thirty 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 Rule 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 Frost, Seymore, and Jamison.

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