Whether the appeal should be entered into despite the absence of a motivated appeal statement.
No. The notice of appeal could not replace the required motivated appeal statement, and the statutory deadline expired without a valid filing.
Under Art. 399 CPP, a motivated appeal statement must be filed within 20 days after service of the reasoned judgment. The appellant filed none, and he gave no explanation or impediment justifying restitution of the deadline under Art. 94 CPP.