State v. Seay

¶ 1. In these two appeals, 1 the appellants filed unsigned notices of appeal with the clerks of the circuit courts. The issue is whether the failure to sign the notice of appeal deprives this court of appellate jurisdiction. In accord with the recent United States Supreme Court ruling in Becker v. Montgomery, 532 U.S. 757 (2001), we conclude that a person's failure to sign the notice of appeal does not deprive this court of appellate jurisdiction if the omission is corrected once it is called to the appellant's attention.

¶ 2. Both appellants, Marvin Seay (No. 00-3490-CR) and Christopher…