Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed July 24, 2012.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-12-00498-CR

LEROY KENNETH AMOS, Appellant

V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 263rd District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1298648

MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and sentenced to confinement for ten years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on February 6, 2012. No motion for new trial was filed. Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed until May 10, 2012.

A defendant’s notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after sentence is imposed when the defendant has not filed a motion for new trial. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). A notice of appeal which complies with the requirements of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26 is essential to vest the court of appeals with jurisdiction. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). If an appeal is not timely perfected, a court of appeals does not obtain jurisdiction to address the merits of the appeal. Under those circumstances it can take no action other than to dismiss the appeal. Id. Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Frost, McCally, and Busby.

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