Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed June 23, 2015.

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-15-00324-CR TRENARD DESEAN HILL, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 248th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1255969 MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and sentenced to confinement for eighteen years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on October 20, 2010.

Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed until March 25, 2015.

On May 29, 2015, we notified the parties the notice of appeal was untimely filed and the appeal would be dismissed unless any party filed a response on or before June 9, 2015, showing meritorious grounds for continuing the appeal. No response has been filed.

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 Rule 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 Christopher, Brown and Wise.

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