TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-10-00553-CR

Rodolfo Ramirez, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, 368TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 09-715-K368, HONORABLE BURT CARNES, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Rodolfo Ramirez seeks to appeal a judgment of conviction for burglary of a habitation. Sentence was imposed on March 10, 2010. On July 1, the district clerk filed a letter from Ramirez, dated June 26, asking to appeal his conviction. On July 12, the trial court appointed an attorney to represent Ramirez on appeal. The clerk’s record was filed on September 17.

The deadline for perfecting appeal in this cause was April 9, 2010. Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). The only notice of appeal appearing in the record is appellant’s letter, which was not timely. 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.

__________________________________________ J. Woodfin Jones, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Puryear and Pemberton Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: October 6, 2010 Do Not Publish