Whether the appeal was admissible without a timely written declaration of appeal after the notice of appeal.
No. A notice of appeal alone cannot replace the required written declaration of appeal, and the appellant failed to cure the omission after being invited to object.
Under Art. 399 CPP, the appellant must file a written declaration of appeal within 20 days of service of the motivated judgment, specifying the extent of the challenge and requested changes. Since no declaration was filed and no motivated objection followed the court's warning, the appeal had to be declared inadmissible under Art. 403 para. 1 let. a CPP.