OPINION
ON APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
We dismissed Ruben Olvera's appeal because his appeal bond was not timely filed. The basis for our holding was that the motion for new trial was filed 36 days after the judgment was signed (April 2, 1985) and did not operate to extend the time for perfecting the appeal, since TEX.R.CIV.P. 329b(a) requires that a motion for new trial be filed within 30 days after the judgment is signed. Under such...
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