Opinion filed January 24, 2008

                                                                        In The

    Eleventh Court of Appeals

                                                                   __________

                                                          No. 11-07-00385-CR

                                                    __________

                                       SCOTT L. GIBSON, Appellant

                                                             V.

                                         STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                                               On Appeal from the County Court

                                                          Taylor County, Texas

                                                   Trial Court Cause No. 2385-J

                                                                   O P I N I O N

Scott L. Gibson has filed in this court a motion for an out of time appeal.  Gibson is challenging the 1993 proceedings in the trial court.  He states in his motion that his petition for writ of habeas corpus was denied in 2003 and that the Court of Criminal Appeals denied his writ of mandamus.

An appeal is perfected by the timely filing of a notice of appeal pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 25.2 and 26.2.  Absent a timely notice of appeal or a timely motion for extension of time, this court lacks jurisdiction to entertain an appeal.  Tex. R. App. P. 26.3; 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). 

The motion is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

PER CURIAM

January 24, 2008

Do not publish.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

Panel consists of:  Wright, C.J.,

McCall, J., and Strange, J.