TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-03-00647-CR

Jerome David Pierce, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE COUNTY COURT OF SAN SABA COUNTY NO. 6841, HONORABLE BYRON THEODOSIS, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Jerome David Pierce seeks to appeal from a judgment of conviction for possession of a controlled substance. Sentence was imposed on June 25, 2003. There was a timely motion for new trial. The deadline for perfecting appeal was therefore September 23, 2003. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(2). Notice of appeal was filed on October 30, 2003. 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.

__________________________________________ David Puryear, Justice Before Justices Kidd, B. A. Smith and Puryear Dismissed Filed: December 4, 2003 Do Not Publish