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The appellant and his counsel submitted the grounds of appeal after the statutory deadline, despite having access to the judgment copy in the IECMS system. As a result, the grounds of appeal are inadmissible, and the lower court's conviction and sentence remain in force.
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The appeal was not received because the appellant failed to submit the grounds of appeal within 30 days after the judgment was uploaded to IECMS, as required by law. The subsequent submission of grounds eight months later was out of time and therefore inadmissible.
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The Supreme Court held that only appeal grounds filed within the statutory time limit are admissible, unless later grounds merely supplement or explain them.
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