Williams v. State

This is an appeal from an order revoking community supervision. The underlying offense is unlawful use of a motor vehicle. We will dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

The motion to revoke was granted and sentence was imposed on September 5, 1997. Williams’s appointed attorney filed a request for the preparation of the reporter’s record but did not file a notice of appeal. Williams belatedly filed a handwritten pro se notice of appeal on October 17, 1997, eleven days after it was due. See Tex.R.App. P. 26.2(a)(1). The same day, the district court appointed substitute counsel for…