State v. Milton Dwayne Gobert

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-07-00555-CR

Anthony Jerome Scotts, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 299TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-DC-06-206246, HONORABLE CHARLES F. BAIRD, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Anthony Jerome Scotts seeks to appeal a judgment of conviction for possession of

cocaine. Sentence was imposed on June 19, 2007. There was no motion for new trial, and the

deadline for perfecting appeal was therefore July 19, 2007. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). The pro se

notice of appeal was mailed on August 27 and filed on August 29, 2007. Under the circumstances,

we lack jurisdiction to dispose of the purported appeal in any manner other than by dismissing it 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 appeal is dismissed.

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David Puryear, Justice

Before Justices Patterson, Puryear and Pemberton

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction

Filed: October 11, 2007

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