TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-05-00588-CR

Raul Ramirez, Jr. a/k/a Rudolfo Torrez, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, 277TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 03-727-K277, HONORABLE KEN ANDERSON, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Raul Ramirez seeks to appeal from a judgment of conviction for possession of a controlled substance. Sentence was imposed on August 9, 2004. The pro se notice of appeal was filed on September 1, 2005, long after the time for perfecting appeal expired. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. 26.2(a). 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.

__________________________________________ Bob Pemberton, Justice Before Chief Justice Law, Justices Pemberton and Waldrop Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: October 5, 2005 Do Not Publish