Mizell v. State

*805 OPINION

in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY and HOLCOMB, JJ„ joined.

We granted Appellant’s two grounds for review to address the question of whether the State may bring a cross-point in its appellate brief arguing that the defendant’s sentence is illegal when the defendant appeals his conviction but the State does not file its own notice of appeal.1 Because we hold that any court — trial or appellate — may notice, on its own, an illegal sentence and rectify that error, the State was not obligated to file a notice of appeal before the court of appeals could address that issue. We…