Jones v. State

I join the dissent. The holding of Shute v. State, 744 S.W.2d 96 (Tex.Crim.App.1988), is clear, “In the absence of a timely, written notice of appeal, the lower court was correct in stating they were without jurisdiction to entertain the appeal.” In Shute, the court was more concerned with whether the notice was timely, than with the form of the notice. The court held the *154notice was two weeks late, therefore, the notice did not confer jurisdiction to entertain the appeal, citing Martin v. State, 654 S.W.2d 800 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1983), holding that a notice not signed by appellant…