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\par AT SUVA
\par MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION
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\par Mr. B. Solanki for State
\par Respondent - In Person
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\par The State applies for leave to appeal out of time. The Respondent objects but in the course of objection he says that his plea was equivocal. It seems to me that it is in his interests that I consider the nature of the plea in an appeal.
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\par Further a probation order for a series of robbery with violence convictions is so unusual that the State has shown that there are merits in the appeal. Finally the appeal is only slightly out of time.
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\par Leave granted. Appeal to be filed by 6/2/04 and to take normal course.
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\par 30th January 2004
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