Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal was admissible despite no written statement of appeal being filed on time.
Decisão extraída
The appeal was inadmissible because no written statement of appeal was filed within the statutory deadline, and the defendant’s later observations could not cure that defect.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Art. 399 para. 3 CPP, the appellant must file a written statement within twenty days after notification of the reasoned judgment. After the court invited him to comment under Art. 403 para. 2 CPP, his correspondence of 10 November 2013 still did not amount to a valid appeal declaration. Therefore the ground for inadmissibility in Art. 403 para. 1 let. a CPP was met.