26 Nov 2009
Leave to appeal was refused because the trial judge’s careful assessment of the accomplice witness and the entirety of the evidence supported the convictions and sentence; there was no demonstrable error of fact or law and no realistic prospect of success on appeal, so appellate intervention was unwarranted.
7 Dec 2006
Although the prosecution failed to reconsider joinder after the earlier severance and thus breached the Indictment Rules, the accused had acquiesced in earlier severances and themselves sought further severance; special circumstances therefore exist and the prosecution's conduct, while negligent, did not amount to mala fides or such an abuse of process as to justify a permanent stay. The application for a stay is dismissed.
31 Aug 1983
The Court upheld the trial judge's evaluation: the immunities and ICAC investigatory conduct did not render the accomplice witnesses' evidence inadmissible or so unreliable as to overturn convictions; the appellant's admissions were properly admitted as voluntary; appeal dismissed and convictions upheld.