Michael Flores, Jr. v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 17, 2008
• Docket: 13-08-00187-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-08-00187-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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MICHAEL FLORES, JR., Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

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On appeal from the 148th District Court of Nueces County, Texas.

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Yañez and Rodriguez

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Michael Flores, Jr., attempted to perfect an appeal from a conviction for intoxication assault. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

This Court's appellate jurisdiction in a criminal case is invoked by a timely filed notice of appeal. Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Absent a timely filed notice of appeal, a court of appeals does not have jurisdiction to address the merits of the appeal and can take no action other than to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998).

On April 10, 2008, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that it appeared that the appeal was not timely perfected and that the appeal would be dismissed if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of the Court's directive. Appellant has not filed a response to the Court's directive. We also note that the certification of appellant's right to appeal fails to reflect that appellant has the right to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d).

Appellant's notice of appeal was untimely, and accordingly, we lack jurisdiction over the appeal. See Slaton, 981 S.W.2d at 210. Appellant may be entitled to an out-of-time appeal by filing a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus returnable to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; however, the availability of that remedy is beyond the jurisdiction of this Court. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07, § 3(a) (Vernon 2005); see also Ex parte Garcia, 988 S.W.2d 240 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999).

The appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

Memorandum Opinion delivered and

filed this the 17th day of July, 2008.