8 Jan 2008
The appeal was dismissed because the court found no material irregularity: trial counsel was not flagrantly incompetent, the absence of a specific direction that the co-defendant's plea was not evidence against the applicant was not prejudicial in the context, and the combination of identification, ballistic linkage and possession evidence rendered the convictions safe.
26 Feb 2001
The Court held the sentence was appropriate because the pistol had been substantially converted into a working revolver capable of firing .22 ammunition, was loaded and had been displayed to a member of the public and left accessible; established authorities support a high starting point and the trial judge had already allowed a generous discount, therefore the 7-year sentence was neither manifestly excessive nor wrong in principle.
11 Jan 1991
Viewing the evidence as a whole — identification evidence plus hospital and clothing/ballistics evidence — the inconsistencies relied on by the applicant did not render conviction impossible or make the judge's decision to leave the case to the jury unsustainable; omissions in the summing up were not material and the verdicts were safe.