Read the full judgment text of CACC 000736/1993 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 27 May 1997.
1. On 16 December 1993 the applicant was convicted of a joint offence of robbery and possession of an imitation firearm with intent to commit an arrestable offence before Ryan J and a jury. He was sentenced to a total of 10 years imprisonment. He originally applied for leave to appeal against that conviction but later abandoned that application. Later still he applied for leave to treat that abandonment as a nullity. The court showed him considerable favour in allowing him to do so. It is in tho