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                             COURT OF APPEALS
 
                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
 
                                CORPUS CHRISTI
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STEVEN
GARZA,                                                                  Appellant,
 
                                                   v.
 
THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                          Appellee.
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                        On appeal from the 214th District Court 
                                  of Nueces County, Texas.
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                                   O P I N I O N
 
           Before Chief Justice
Valdez and Justices Dorsey and Hinojosa
                                       Opinion Per Curiam
 




Appellant, STEVEN
GARZA, attempted to perfect an appeal from a judgment entered by the 214th District Court of Nueces County, Texas.  Sentence in this cause was imposed on August 8, 2002.  No timely
motion for new trial was filed.   The
notice of appeal was due to be filed on September 7, 2002, but
was not filed until September 16, 2002.   Said notice of appeal is untimely
filed.  Appellant filed an untimely
motion to permit late filing of the notice of appeal on October 17,
2002.
Tex. R. App. P. 26.3
provides that the court of appeals may grant an extension of time for filing
notice of appeal if such notice is filed within  fifteen days of the last day allowed
and within the same period a motion is filed in the court of appeals reasonably
explaining the need for such extension. 
Appellant failed to file his notice of appeal and motion requesting an extension
of time within such period. 
The Court, having
considered the documents on file, appellant's failure to timely perfect his
appeal, and appellant=s untimely motion, is
of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of
jurisdiction.  Appellant=s untimely motion to
permit late filing of notice of appeal is dismissed.  The appeal is hereby DISMISSED FOR WANT OF
JURISDICTION.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.
 
Opinion delivered and filed this
the 31st day
of October, 2002.
 

