
Opinion issued December 5, 2002











In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-02-01200-CR
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LOUIS CHARLES DEAN, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee



On Appeal from the 178th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 916202



MEMORANDUM  OPINION
	We are without jurisdiction to entertain this appeal.  Appellant was
sentenced in this case on September 5, 2002.  No motion for new trial was filed.  The
deadline for filing notice of appeal was therefore Monday, October 7, 2002, because
the thirtieth day after sentencing fell on a weekend.  Tex. R. App. P. 4.1(a), 26.2(a)(1).
 Notice of appeal was deposited in the mail on October 9, 2002, according
to the postmark on the copy of the envelope included in the clerk's record.  Because
the notice of appeal was mailed after the filing deadline, it did not comply with Rule
9.2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the "mailbox rule."  See Tex. R. App.
P. 9.2(b).  Although the notice of appeal was filed within the 15-day time period for
filing a motion for extension of time to file notice of appeal, no such motion for
extension of time was filed.  See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3.
	We therefore dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.  Slaton v. State, 981
S.W.2d 208, 209-10 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522
(Tex. Crim. App. 1996).
	It is so ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Hedges, Keyes, and Duggan. (1)
Do not publish.  Tex. R. App. P. 47.
1.    	The Honorable Lee Duggan, Jr., retired Justice, Court of Appeals, First District
of Texas at Houston, participating by assignment.
