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<CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">8</A>-00<A NAME="2">154</A>-CR</CENTER>


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<CENTER><A NAME="3">Melissa Ann Baker</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><STRONG><CENTER>The State of Texas, Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="4">BASTROP</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="5">21ST</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="6">8635</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="7">CHARLES F. CAMPBELL, JR.</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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PER CURIAM

<P>This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for murder.  The punishment is
imprisonment for fifteen years.</P>

<P>Sentence was imposed on October 21, 1997.  There was a timely motion for new trial, thus
extending the time for perfecting appeal to January 20, 1998.  Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(2).  Notice of
appeal was filed on February 24, 1998.  Without a timely filed notice of appeal, this Court is without
jurisdiction.  <EM>Rodarte v. State</EM>, 860 S.W.2d 108 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993); <EM>Shute v. State</EM>, 744 S.W.2d
96 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988).  Under the circumstances, we lack jurisdiction to dispose of the purported
appeal in any manner other than by dismissing it for want of jurisdiction.  <EM>Olivo v. State</EM>, 918 S.W.2d 519,
523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996); <EM>see Williams v. State</EM>, 957 S.W.2d 949 (Tex. App.--Austin 1997, no pet.).</P>

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<P>The appeal is dismissed.</P>

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<P>Before Justices Powers, Kidd and B. A. Smith</P>

<P>Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction</P>

<P>Filed:   April 16, 1998</P>

<P>Do Not Publish</P>

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