Darren Travell Hughes v. State

Opinion

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 9, 2015.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14-14-00864-CR

DARREN TRAVELL HUGHES, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 177th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 985661

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant was convicted of the offense of sexual assault of a child and sentenced to confinement for three years on January 25, 2005. On October 8, 2014, appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal.

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 which 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 Chief Justice Frost and Justices Jamison and Busby.

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