Willie Allen Boudry v. State

Opinion

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-18-00517-CR

Willie Allen BOUDRY, Appellant

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee

From the 144th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2018CR4039W Honorable Lorina I. Rummel, Judge Presiding

Sitting: Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice Karen Angelini, Justice Marialyn Barnard, Justice

Delivered and Filed: August 22, 2018

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

The trial court imposed sentence in the underlying cause on May 10, 2018. Because

appellant did not file a motion for new trial, the notice of appeal was due to be filed June 11, 2018.

TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). A motion for extension of time to file the notice of appeal was due on

June 26, 2018. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3. Appellant filed a notice of appeal on July 20, 2018, 1 but

appellant did not file a motion for extension of time in this court.

1 We construe appellant’s motion for leave to file late notice of appeal filed in the trial court as a notice of appeal. See Harkcom v. State, 484 S.W.3d 432 (Tex. Crim. App. 2016). 04-18-00517-CR

A timely notice of appeal is necessary to invoke a court of appeals’ jurisdiction. See Olivo

v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). A late notice of appeal may be considered

timely so as to invoke a court of appeals’ jurisdiction if (1) it is filed within fifteen days of the last

day allowed for filing, (2) a motion for extension of time is filed in the court of appeals within

fifteen days of the last day allowed for filing the notice of appeal, and (3) the court of appeals

grants the motion for extension of time. See id. Because it appeared from the record that

appellant’s notice of appeal was untimely filed, appellant was ordered to show cause in writing

why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. 2 See id. Appellant’s attorney

filed a written response conceding that this court is required to dismiss the appeal. Because

appellant’s notice of appeal was untimely filed, this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

See Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991) (out-of-time appeal

from final felony conviction may be sought by filing a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to article

11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure).

DO NOT PUBLISH

2 In our show cause order, we also noted the trial court’s certification in this appeal states that “this criminal case is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal,” and rule 25.2(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provides, “The appeal must be dismissed if a certification that shows the defendant has a right of appeal has not been made part of the record under these rules.” TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(d).

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