TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-04-00794-CR

Basilia Martinez Honeman, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW OF COMAL COUNTY NO. 2001CR1955, HONORABLE BRENDA CHAPMAN, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On August 17, 2004, Basilia Martinez Honeman was adjudged guilty of possessing marihuana and sentenced to twenty days in jail. The deadline for perfecting appeal was September 16, 2004. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). On September 21, Honeman filed a document in the trial clerk’s office that was treated as a notice of appeal and forwarded to this Court. Assuming this document manifested a desire to appeal, because it was untimely filed 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Before Chief Justice Law, Justices Patterson and Puryear Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: January 18, 2005 Do Not Publish