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<CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">9</A>-00<A NAME="2">645</A>-CR</CENTER>


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<CENTER><A NAME="3">Ritchie Lee Brown</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><STRONG><CENTER>The State of Texas, Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN 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-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="6">8783</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="7">H. R. TOWSLEE</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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PER CURIAM

<P>Ritchie Lee Brown seeks to appeal from a judgment of conviction for aggravated
sexual assault.  Sentence was imposed on May 25, 1999.  The deadline for requesting a new trial
or perfecting appeal was therefore June 24, 1999.  Tex. R. App. P. 21.4(a), 26.2(a)(1).  Appellant
filed his "motion for new trial and notice of appeal" on September 7, 1999.  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, 523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996).</P>

<P>The appeal is dismissed.</P>

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<P>Before Justices Jones, Kidd and Patterson</P>

<P>Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction</P>

<P>Filed:   November 30, 1999</P>

<P>Do Not Publish</P>

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