Ronald Allen Boaz filed pro se a notice of appeal on July 1, 2009, appealing from a judgment that imposed his sentence on July 14, 2003.

A timely notice of appeal is necessary to invoke this Court's jurisdiction. Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Rule 26.2(a) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure prescribes the time period in which a notice of appeal must be filed by a defendant in order to perfect appeal in a criminal case. A defendant's notice of appeal is timely if filed within thirty days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court, or within ninety days after sentencing if the defendant timely files a motion for new trial. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a); Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 522. No motion for new trial was filed. The last date Boaz could timely file his notice of appeal was August 13, 2003, thirty days after the day the sentence was imposed in open court. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1).

Boaz has failed to perfect his appeal. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Bailey C. Moseley

Justice

Date Submitted: July 28, 2009

Date Decided: July 29, 2009

Do Not Publish

e="text-align: justify">                                                                        Jack Carter

                                                                        Justice

Date Submitted:          January 24, 2006

Date Decided:             January 25, 2006

Do Not Publish