Read the full judgment text of CACC 000712/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 25 June 1997.
1. The applicant seeks leave to appeal out of time against his convictions on two counts of trafficking in dangerous drugs. The explanation he offers for being out of time was that at the relevant time he was giving instructions to solicitors to represent him on the appeal he wished to lodge. No particulars are given which indicate that he had given instructions to the solicitors to lodge the appeal within the requisite time limit.