ERNESTO BERLANGA v. THE STATE OF TEXAS--Appeal from 107th District Court of Cameron County (Per Curiam)

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State: Texas

Court: Texas Northern District Court

Docket No: 13-13-00082-CR

Case Date: 03/21/2013

Plaintiff: ERNESTO BERLANGA

Defendant: THE STATE OF TEXAS--Appeal from 107th District Court of Cameron County (Per Curiam)

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COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
____________________________________________________________ ERNESTO BERLANGA, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 107th District Court of Cameron County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ Appellant,

MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Benavides and Longoria Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam
This cause is before the Court on appellant's "Motion to Proceed with Appeal Out of Time." Appellant, Ernesto Berlanga, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Sentence in this matter was imposed on September 1, 2011. A motion for new trial was not filed, therefore Garza's notice of appeal was due on or before October 3,

20111. See TEX. R. APP. P. 4.1 (a), 26.2(a). Garza's appeal was not filed until January 23, 2009. Because the original notice of appeal was not filed timely, this Court lacked jurisdiction to consider the appeal and dismissed it for want of jurisdiction on October 18, 2012. See Berlanga v. State of Texas, No. 13-12-00270-CR, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS

8751 (Tex. App.--Corpus Christi Oct. 18, 2012, no pet.) (per curiam mem. op.). On January 7, 2013, appellant filed another notice of appeal from the murder conviction. Appellant's motion requests that he be allowed to proceed with his appeal. The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure require a notice of appeal "must be given in writing and filed with the trial court clerk." Tex.R.App. P. 25.2(c)(1). Unless a motion for new trial has been timely filed, a notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court, or after the day the trial court enters an appealable order. See id. 26.2(a)(1). Where a timely motion for new trial has been filed, the notice of appeal must be filed within ninety days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court. See id. 26.2(a)(2). The time within which to file the notice may be enlarged if, within fifteen days after the deadline for filing the notice, the party files the notice of appeal and a motion complying with Rule 10.5(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See id. 26.3. Appellant=s second notice of appeal, filed more than fifteen months after sentence was imposed, was untimely, and accordingly, we lack jurisdiction over the appeal. See Slaton v. State, 981 S.W.2d 208, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). Accordingly, appellant's "Motion to Proceed with Appeal Out of Time" is DENIED.

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Because the thirtieth day fell on a Saturday, appellant had until the following Monday, October 3, 2012 to file the notice of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 4.1.

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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) (Vernon 2005); see also Ex parte Garcia, 988 S.W.2d 240 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). The appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. PER CURIAM

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b). Delivered and filed the 21st day of March, 2013.

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