Therese A. Ladd v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 20, 2006
• Docket: 07-06-00355-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NO. 07-06-0355-CR

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

AT AMARILLO

PANEL B

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 ______________________________

THERESE ANNE LADD,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee _________________________________

FROM THE 251ST DISTRICT COURT OF RANDALL COUNTY;

NO. 17,294-C; HON. PATRICK PIRTLE, PRESIDING _______________________________

Order of Dismissal _______________________________

Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ.

Therese Anne Ladd appealed the order deferring her adjudication of guilt and

placing her on community supervision. The adjudication of her guilt was deferred on

February 24, 2006. Her notice of appeal, however, was dated September 5, 2006, and

received on September 7, 2006. Having waited over 180 days to file her notice, appellant’s

effort to perfect the appeal is untimely. See TEX . R. APP. P. 26.2(a) (stating that one has

30 to 90 days to perfect an appeal from an appealable order depending upon whether the appellant moved for a new trial); Manuel v. State, 994 S.W.2d 658, 662 (Tex. Crim. App.

1999) (recognizing as appealable an order deferring the adjudication of guilt). Being

untimely, we dismiss the cause for want of jurisdiction. See Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d

519, 523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996).

Accordingly, appellant's appeal is dismissed.

Per Curiam

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