Mestas v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice WRIGHT.

Julio Ramirez Mestas attempts to appeal his convictions for indecency with a child, evading arrest, and failure to stop and render aid. After the jury found him guilty of indecency with a child, appellant pleaded guilty to evading arrest and failure to stop and render aid. The trial court assessed punishment, enhanced by two pri- or felony convictions, at fifty-five years’ confinement and a $1000 fine in each case. The State, in a motion to dismiss, contends we lack jurisdiction over these appeals because appellant’s notices of appeal were untimely. 1 Appellant…