Steven Nick Hutson v. State
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Opinion
Steven Nicholas Hutson, appellant, has filed with this Court a motion to dismiss his appeal. The motion is signed by Hutson and by his counsel in compliance with Rule 42.2(a) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.2(a). As authorized by Rule 42.2, we grant the motion.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.
Josh R. Morriss, III
Chief Justice
Date Submitted: February 17, 2009
Date Decided: February 18, 2009
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Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Carter
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Billy Joe Carmon, Jr., attempts to appeal his conviction for sexual assault of a child. Carmon pled guilty and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. Carmon's sentence was imposed September 28, 2005. His notice of appeal was filed November 22, 2005. We received the clerk's record March 15, 2006. The issue before us is whether Carmon timely filed his notice of appeal. We conclude that he did not and dismiss the attempted appeal for want of jurisdiction.
A timely notice of appeal is necessary to invoke this Court's jurisdiction. Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Rule 26.2(a) prescribes the time period in which a notice of appeal must be filed by a defendant in order to perfect appeal in a criminal case. A defendant's notice of appeal is timely if filed within thirty days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court, or within ninety days after sentencing if the defendant timely files a motion for new trial. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a); Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 522. The record does not contain any motion for new trial. The last date Carmon could timely file his notice of appeal was October 28, 2005, thirty days after the day the sentence was imposed in open court. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). Further, no motion for extension of time was filed in this Court within fifteen days of the last day allowed for filing the notice of appeal.
Carmon has failed to perfect his appeal. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
Jack Carter
Justice
Date Submitted: March 28, 2006
Date Decided: March 29, 2006
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