Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed September 17, 2019.

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-19-00641-CR DOUGLAS WATKINS JR., Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 176th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1417007 MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Douglas Watkins Jr. pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Appellant and the State agreed that appellant’s punishment would not exceed imprisonment for more than five years. On April 9, 2014, the trial court sentenced appellant in accordance with the terms of his agreement with the State.

Appellant filed a notice of appeal on August 15, 2019.

We lack jurisdiction over this appeal for two reasons: the notice of appeal was not filed timely, and this is a plea bargain case with no appealable matters and appellant has not been granted permission to appeal.

First, a defendant’s notice of appeal must be filed within 30 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 that complies with the requirements of Rule 26.2 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. Appellant’s notice of appeal was filed more than five years after sentence was imposed. Therefore, the appeal was not timely perfected, and we lack jurisdiction.

Second, in a plea bargain case—that is, a case in which a defendant’s plea was guilty or nolo contendere and the punishment did not exceed the punishment recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by the defendant—a defendant may appeal only matters raised by a written, pretrial motion or with the trial court’s permission. Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).

Appellant’s punishment does not exceed the agreed length of confinement.

The record does not contain any appealable pretrial rulings, and the trial court did not grant appellant permission to appeal.

Therefore, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Jewell, Bourliot, and Zimmerer Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).