Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2013

Larry Donell Farrow v. State

Larry Donell Farrow v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided March 28, 2013

Larry Donell Farrow v. State

Opinion

NUMBER 13-13-00016-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ LARRY DONELL FARROW, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 329th District Court of Wharton County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Benavides and Longoria Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant, Larry Donell Farrow, attempted to perfect an appeal from a conviction for evading arrest. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Sentence in this matter was imposed on April 20, 2011. No motion for new trial was filed. Notice of appeal was filed on December 30, 2012. On February 21, 2013, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that it appeared that the appeal was not timely perfected. Appellant was advised that the appeal would be dismissed if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of the Court=s directive. On March 4, 2013, counsel filed a letter brief with this Court. Counsel=s response does not establish that an appeal was timely filed.

Unless a motion for new trial has been timely filed, a notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court, or after the day the trial court enters an appealable order. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). Where a timely motion for new trial has been filed, the notice of appeal must be filed within ninety days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court. See id. 26.2(a)(2).

The time within which to file the notice may be enlarged if, within fifteen days after the deadline for filing the notice, the party files the notice of appeal and a motion complying with Rule 10.5(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See id. 26.3.

Appellant=s notice of appeal, filed more than twenty months after sentence was imposed, was untimely, and accordingly, we lack jurisdiction over the appeal. See Slaton, 981 S.W.2d at 210. Appellant may be entitled to an out-of-time appeal by filing a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus returnable to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; however, the availability of that remedy is beyond the jurisdiction of this Court. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07, ' 3(a) (Vernon 2005); see also Ex parte Garcia, 988 S.W.2d 240 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999).

The appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION.

PER CURIAM Do not publish.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the 28th day of March, 2013

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