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<CENTER>NO. 03-<A NAME="1">00</A>-00<A NAME="2">016</A>-CR</CENTER>


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<CENTER><A NAME="3">David Anthony Upton</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular"><STRONG><CENTER>The State of Texas, Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular" 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-family: CG Times Regular" STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="6">9214</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="7">H. R. TOWSLEE</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular"><STRONG></CENTER>
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PER CURIAM

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for possession of a controlled
substance.  Sentence was suspended on November 1, 1999.  There was no motion for new trial. 
The deadline for perfecting appeal was therefore December 1, 1999.  <EM>See </EM>Tex. R. App. P.
26.2(a)(1).  Notice of appeal was filed by the district clerk on December 7, 1999.  No extension
of time for filing notice of appeal was requested.  <EM>See </EM>Tex. R. App. P. 26.3.  </SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">The district clerk does not retain envelopes by which the date of mailing may be
determined.  <EM>See </EM>Tex. R. App. P. 9.2(b).  We have received an affidavit from appellant's
attorney's legal assistant stating, "I am confirming that the Notice of Appeal in the above-referenced cause was mailed to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals on December 1, 1999."  Notice
of appeal must be filed with the clerk of the trial court, not with the clerk of the appellate court. 
<EM>See</EM> Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(b)(1).</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">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>See Slaton v. State</EM>, 981
S.W.2d 208 (Tex. Crim. App.1998); <EM>Olivo v. State</EM>, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522-23 (Tex. Crim. App.
1996).  The appeal is dismissed.</SPAN></P>

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Before Justices Jones, Yeakel and Patterson</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Filed:   March 30, 2000</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Do Not Publish</SPAN></P>

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