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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 9,
2003.
 
In The
 
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-03-01089-CR
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MARGARITO VELTRAN, Appellant
 
V.
 
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
 

 
On Appeal from the 184th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 941,912
 

 
M
E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N
Appellant entered a guilty plea to indecency with a
child.  In accordance with the terms of a
plea bargain agreement with the State, on July 18, 2003, the trial court
sentenced appellant to confinement for two years in the Institutional Division
of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. 
Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal.  Because appellant=s notice of appeal was untimely and
he has no right to appeal, we dismiss.  




The trial court entered a certification of the defendant=s right to appeal in which the court
certified that this is a plea bargain case, and the defendant has no right of
appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).  The trial court=s certification is included in the
record on appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d).
Moreover, appellant=s notice of appeal was not filed
until September 22, 2003.  A defendant=s notice of appeal must be filed
within thirty days after sentence is imposed when the defendant has not filed a
motion for new trial.  See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1).  A notice of
appeal which complies with the requirements of Rule 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, we dismiss the appeal.  
 
 
PER CURIAM
 
Judgment rendered and Memorandum
Opinion filed October 9, 2003.
Panel consists of Chief Justice
Brister and Justices Anderson and Seymore.
Do Not Publish C Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
 

