Gray v. State

This case is before this Court on the State's motion to dismiss Reginald L. Gray's appeal. Gray appeals from the revocation of his probation. In February 2001, the trial court held a probation revocation hearing and, at the end of the hearing, revoked Gray's probation. Although Gray gave an oral notice of appeal at the time his probation was revoked, he never filed a written notice of appeal in the circuit clerk's office.

The State argues that Gray's appeal should be dismissed because, it argues, the oral notice of appeal — given at the time that Gray's probation was revoked — was not an…