Case Information

*1 Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 26, 2017.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-17-00823-CR ARVIN ALEXIS BARBOZA, Appellant V.

THE STATE OFTEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 178th District Court

Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1473073 M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

After an open plea of guilty, appellant was convicted of the offense of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and sentenced on August 3, 2017. No timely motion for new trial was filed. Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed until October 3, 2017.

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. *2 P. 26.2(a)(1). A notice of appeal that complies with the requirements of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 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.

Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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