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<CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">9</A>-00<A NAME="2">536</A>-CR</CENTER>


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<CENTER><A NAME="3">William Morris Risby</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">TRAVIS</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="5">299TH</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">0972486</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="7">JON N. WISSER</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">After accepting appellant William Morris Risby's guilty plea and judicial
confession, the district court adjudged him guilty of engaging in the unauthorized business of
insurance.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. Ins. Code Ann. art. 1.14-1, §§ 3(b), 13 (West Supp. 1999).  Pursuant to a
plea bargain agreement, the court assessed punishment at imprisonment for three years.</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Sentence was imposed on January 4, 1999.  There was no motion for new trial. 
The deadline for perfecting appeal was therefore February 3, 1999.  Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a)(1). 
On July 7, 1999, appellant filed a pro se motion to permit late notice of appeal.  The district court
took no action on the motion and the clerk's record was forwarded to this Court.</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">In the absence of a timely notice of appeal, 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).  Any complaint appellant may have regarding counsel's failure to perfect an
appeal in this cause should be raised in a post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding.  <EM>See</EM> Tex.
Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (West Supp. 1999).</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">The appeal is dismissed.</SPAN></P>

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Before Chief Justice Aboussie, Justices B. A. Smith and Yeakel</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:   September 16, 1999</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Do Not Publish</SPAN></P>

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