Larry Dale Baxter v. State

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-00-00490-CR

NO. 03-00-00491-CR

Larry Dale Baxter, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY, 119TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NOS. B-00-0246-S & B-00-0248-S, HONORABLE THOMAS J. GOSSETT, JUDGE PRESIDING

PER CURIAM

These are appeals from judgments of conviction for engaging in organized criminal activity and gambling promotion. Sentence was suspended in both causes on March 23, 2000. There were timely motions for new trial. The deadline for perfecting appeal was therefore June 21, 2000. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(2). Notices of appeal were filed on July 12, 2000. No extension of time for filing notice of appeal was requested. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. Under the circumstances, we lack jurisdiction to dispose of the purported appeals in any manner other than by dismissing them for want of jurisdiction. See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208 (Tex. Crim. App.1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522-23 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996).

The appeals are dismissed.

Before Justices Jones, Yeakel and Patterson

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction

Filed: August 10, 2000

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