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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed December 4,
2003.
 
In The
 
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-03-01278-CR
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DONALD EUGENE MIMS,
Appellant
 
V.
 
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
 

 
On Appeal from the 21st
District Court
Burleson County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 11,970 
 

 
M E M O R A N D U M  
O P I N I O N
After a plea of guilty, appellant was convicted of the
offense of obstruction or retaliation on June 28, 1999.  Appellant=s notice of appeal was not filed
until November 4, 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, the appeal is ordered dismissed.
 
PER CURIAM
Judgment rendered and Memorandum
Opinion filed December 4, 2003.
Panel consists of Acting Chief
Justice Eva M. Guzman and Justices Edelman and Frost.
Do Not Publish C Tex. R.
App. P. 47.2(b).
 

