Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed May 28, 2015.

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-15-00282-CR ADAN DEJESUS RAMOS, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from County Criminal Court at Law No. 6 Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1920505 MEMORANDUM OPINION

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of the offense of prostitution and sentenced to confinement for three days in the county jail on December 3, 2014. A timely motion for new trial was filed on December 29, 2014. Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed until March 19, 2015.

A defendant’s notice of appeal must be filed within ninety days after sentence is imposed when the defendant has timely filed a motion for new trial.

See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(2). Accordingly, appellant’s notice of appeal was due March 3, 2015.

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 Chief Justice Frost and Justices Jamison and Busby.

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