TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-03-00743-CR

Jack Patton, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF LLANO COUNTY, 33RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. CR 5320, HONORABLE V. MURRAY JORDAN, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Jack Patton seeks to appeal from a judgment of conviction for official misconduct.

Sentence was imposed on August 28, 2003. There was a timely motion for new trial. The deadline for perfecting appeal was therefore November 26, 2003. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(2). Notice of appeal was filed on December 8, 2003. No extension of time for filing notice of appeal was requested, as required in criminal cases. Tex. R. App. P. 26.3; 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); Pickens v. State, 105 S.W.3d 746, 748 n.2 (Tex. App.—Austin 2003, no pet.). Under the circumstances, we lack jurisdiction to dispose of the purported appeal in any manner other than by dismissing it for want of jurisdiction.

The appeal is dismissed.

__________________________________________ Bob Pemberton, Justice Before Justices Kidd, Puryear and Pemberton Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: January 23, 2004 Do Not Publish