Herman Lee Kindred v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 14, 2016
• Docket: 03-15-00778-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-15-00776-CR NO. 03-15-00777-CR NO. 03-15-00778-CR

Herman Lee Kindred, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF BELL COUNTY NOS. 2C84,62611, 2C88-84642 & 2C10-00468 HONORABLE JOHN MICHAEL MISCHTIAN, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In the above causes, appellant Herman Lee Kindred has filed notices of appeal from

his 1984, 1989, and 2010 judgments of conviction for the offense of theft. In criminal cases, the

notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in

open court.1 Kindred’s notices of appeal were filed well beyond the 30-day deadline. Absent

a timely filed notice of appeal, we lack jurisdiction to dispose of these appeals in any manner

other than by dismissing them for want of jurisdiction.2 Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals for

want of jurisdiction.

1 See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a). 2 See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). __________________________________________

Bob Pemberton, Justice

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Bourland

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction

Filed: January 14, 2016

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