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\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
\par AT SUVA
\par MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 76 OF 2004S
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 Respondent
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\par Hearing:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 16th November 2004
\par Ruling:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 17th November 2004
\par 
\par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 Applicant in Person
\par Ms N. Tikoisuva for State
\par 
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\par The Applicant was convicted of robbery with violence and unlawful use of motor vehicle on the 15th of October 2004.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 
He was sentenced to a total of 5 years and 6 months for these offences.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 Because 
I do not have the court record, I am not aware of the details of the charges.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 
However I am told by both the Applicant and State counsel that the Applicant pleaded not guilty in the lower court, and was found guilty after trial.
\par 
\par The Applicant applies for bail on the ground that his appeal is bound to succeed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 
As I have neither the court record nor the petition of appeal before me, the merits of the appeal are impossible to assess.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 
However, assuming that the appeal is heard early next year there will only be a delay of some 4 months before hearing.
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The principles relevant to an application are the likelihood of the success of the appeal, the likely time lapse before the appeal is heard, the proportion of the sentence which will have been served when the appe
al is heard, and the existence of any exceptional circumstances.
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\par In this case, the Applicant has not shown that any of these principles apply.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 
He submits that his grounds of appeal are that he was prejudiced by lack of legal representation, and that his sentence is harsh and excessive.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 As I have said, the merits of these grounds are impossible to ascertain at this stage.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13988912  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7020874\charrsid13988912 However a 5\'bd year term for robbery with violence is within the tariff, and, all things being equal, does not appear to be obviously wrong in principle.
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\par This bail application is dismissed.
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\par At Suva
\par 17th November 2004.
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