Opinion filed December 21, 2006

                                                                        In The

    Eleventh Court of Appeals

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                                                          No. 11-06-00346-CR

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                                   FARRAH DEAN SMITH, Appellant

                                                             V.

                                        STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                                          On Appeal from the 35th District Court

                                                          Brown County, Texas

                                                Trial Court Cause No. CR-17,120

                                                                   O P I N I O N

On October 26, 2006, the trial court in open court revoked Farrah Dean Smith=s community supervision, adjudicated her guilt, and imposed a sentence of confinement for one year.  We dismiss the appeal.

Appellant filed her notice of appeal with the clerk of the trial court on December 7, 2006, forty-two days after the date the trial court imposed the sentence in open court.  This notice of appeal was not timely filed pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 26.2.  However, the notice was filed within the fifteen-day window required by Tex. R. App. P. 26.3 to secure an extension.  Rule 26.3 also requires that, within that fifteen-day window, an appellant must also file with the court of appeals a motion for extension of time.  Under Rule 26.3, both the late notice of appeal and the motion were due to  be filed on or before December 12, 2006.  Appellant=s motion was not filed in this court until December 15, 2006, and is not timely.  The motion was forwarded to this court by the clerk of the trial court; therefore, Tex. R. App. P. 9.2(b) (the mailbox rule) does not apply.

Absent a timely notice of appeal or compliance with Rule 26.3, this court lacks jurisdiction to entertain an appeal.  Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996); Rodarte v. State, 860 S.W.2d 108 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993); Shute v. State, 744 S.W.2d 96 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988).  Appellant may be able to secure an out-of-time appeal by filing a postconviction writ pursuant to Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (Vernon 2005).

The motion for extension of time is overruled, and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

PER CURIAM

December 21, 2006

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

Panel consists of:  Wright, C.J.,

McCall, J., and Strange, J.