Whether the criminal appeal was admissible despite no written appeal statement being filed within the deadline.
The appeal was inadmissible because no written appeal statement was filed within twenty days after notification of the motivated judgment, and the appellant also failed to respond to the court's five-day invitation to state his position.
Under Art. 399 para. 3 CPP, the appellant had to file a written statement of appeal within the prescribed period. Since none was filed, and the appellant did not react to the court's subsequent request under Art. 403 para. 2 CPP, the appeal had to be treated as inadmissible under Art. 403 para. 1 let. a CPP.