Sixto Monterrubio v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 14, 2002
• Docket: 13-02-00283-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

                                   NUMBER 13-02-283-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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SIXTO MONTERRUBIO,                                                         Appellant,

                                                   v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                          Appellee.

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                        On appeal from the 138th District Court

                                 of Cameron County, Texas.

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                                   O P I N I O N

                     Before Justices Dorsey, Rodriguez, and Castillo

                                       Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, SIXTO MONTERRUBIO, attempted to perfect an appeal from an order denying motion for post-conviction DNA testing entered by the 138th District Court of Cameron County, Texas.  The order from which this appeal is taken was signed on February 4, 2002.  The notice of appeal was due to be filed on March 6, 2002, but was not filed until May 8, 2002.   Said notice of appeal is untimely filed.            Tex. R. App. P. 26.3 provides that the court of appeals may grant an extension of time for filing notice of appeal if such notice is filed within  fifteen days of the last day allowed and within the same period a motion is filed in the court of appeals reasonably explaining the need for such extension.  Appellant failed to file his notice of appeal and a motion requesting an extension of time within such period.

The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant's failure to timely perfect his appeal, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  The appeal is hereby DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed this

the 14^th day of November, 2002.