Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed =
May 17,=20
2007.
In The
Fourteenth=20
Court of Appeals
____________
NO. 14-06-00985-CV
NO. =
14-07-00315-CV
NO.=20
14-07-00316-CV
NO.=20
14-07-00323-CV
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IN THE=20
MATTER OF J.R., a Juvenile
On Appeal from the =
314th=20
District Court
Harris=20
County, Texas
Trial Court Cause =
Nos.=20
2005-08384J, 2005-09467J, 2005-09473J, &2006-09470J
M E M O R=20
A N D U M O P I N I O N
On May 15, 2006, the =
trial=20
court signed judgments adjudicating delinquency and committing =
appellant=20
to the Texas Youth Commission pursuant to agreements with the =
State and=20
stipulations of the evidence. Appellant filed a notice of =
appeal for=20
all four cases on August 30, 2006. According to the notice =
of=20
appeal, appellant is attempting to appeal from an order denying =
his motion=20
for new trial signed August 25, 2006. We dismiss the appeals =
for=20
want of jurisdiction.
The Texas Family Code =
provides:=20
AA child who enters a =
plea or=20
agrees to a stipulation of evidence in a proceeding held under =
this title=20
may not appeal an order of the juvenile court entered under =
Section 54.03,=20
54.04, or 54.05 if the court makes a disposition in accordance =
with the=20
agreement between the state and the child regarding the =
disposition of the=20
case, unless: (1) the court gives the child permission to appeal; =
or (2)=20
the appeal is based on a matter raised by written motion filed =
before the=20
proceeding in which the child entered the plea or agreed to the=20
stipulation of evidence.@ Tex. Fam. Code Ann. =
' 56.01(n). Our =
records do=20
not reflect that permission was granted or that the appeals are =
based on a=20
matter raised by written motion before judgment.
In addition,=20
appellant=3Ds notice of appeal =
filed August=20
30, 2006, is untimely to perfect appeals from the final judgments =
signed=20
May 15, 2006. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a) =
(requiring the notice of appeal to be filed within 90 days after =
the=20
judgment is signed when a timely motion for new trial has been=20
filed). The notice of appeal was not filed within the 15-day =
extension period provided in Rule 26.3. See Tex. R. App. P. =
26.3.
On April 19, 2007, =
notification=20
was transmitted to the parties of this court=3Ds intention to =
dismiss the=20
appeals for want of jurisdiction unless appellant filed a response =
demonstrating grounds for continuing the appeals on or before May =
3,=20
2007. See Tex. R.=20
App. P. 42.3(a). Appellant filed no =
response.
Accordingly, the =
appeals are=20
ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM
Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion =
filed May=20
17, 2007.
Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges =
and=20
Justices Hudson and Guzman.=20
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