NUMBER 13-25-00269-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

ROBERT REYES JR., Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

ON APPEAL FROM THE 197TH DISTRICT COURT OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices West and Fonseca Memorandum Opinion by Justice Fonseca On May 15, 2025, appellant attempted to perfect an appeal from a judgment entered in trial court cause number 2022-DCR-02104. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

A sentence in this matter was imposed by jury on June 12, 2023. On May 15, 2025, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that it appeared the appeal was not timely perfected. Appellant was advised the appeal would be dismissed if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of the notice. Appellant has failed to file a response or otherwise correct the defect.

This Court's appellate jurisdiction in a criminal case is invoked by a timely filed notice of appeal. Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996). Absent a timely filed notice of appeal, a court of appeals does not obtain jurisdiction to address the merits of the appeal in a criminal case and can take no action other than to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). 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); see also Ex parte Garcia, 988 S.W.2d 240 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999).

Therefore, this appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

YSMAEL D. FONSECA Justice Do not publish.

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

Delivered and filed the 26th day of June, 2025.