Opinion issued January 23, 2003

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-02-01224-CR

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TRACY DEON HALL, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 278th District Court

Grimes County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 14,359

MEMORANDUM OPINION

We are without jurisdiction to entertain this appeal. Appellant was sentenced in this case on September 13, 2002. No motion for new trial was filed. The deadline for filing notice of appeal was therefore Monday, October 14, 2002, because the thirtieth day after sentencing fell on a weekend. Tex. R. App. P. 4.1(a), 26.2(a)(1).

Notice of appeal was filed on October 18, 2002, four days after the deadline. A motion for extension of time to file notice of appeal was filed on October 29, 2002 in the district court. The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure require that in a criminal case a motion for extension of time to file notice of appeal must be filed in the appellate court. Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. Only the appellate court has the authority to grant or deny a motion for extension of time to file notice of appeal. See Jones v. State, 900 S.W.2d 421, 422-23 (Tex. App.--Texarkana 1995, no pet.) (interpreting former Rule 41(b)(2) that was not substantially changed with the adoption of amended Rule 26.3 by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals effective September 1, 1997).

An untimely notice of appeal unaccompanied by a proper motion for extension of time to file notice of appeal fails to confer jurisdiction on the appellate court in a criminal case. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 209-10 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996).

Because no motion for extension of time to file notice of appeal was filed in this Court, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

All pending motions are denied as moot.

It is so ORDERED.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Hedges, Keyes, and Duggan. ⁽¹⁾

Do not publish. Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

1.The Honorable Lee Duggan, Jr., retired Justice, Court of Appeals, First District of Texas at Houston, participating by assignment.