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\par Hearing:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 28th December 2004
\par Ruling:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 29th December 2004
\par 
\par Counsel:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 Applicant in Person
\par Ms N. Tikoisuva for State
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\par This is an application for bail pending appeal.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 
The Applicant was convicted on one count of robbery with violence and one count of damaging property on the 8th of November 2004.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 
He was sentenced to a total of 4\'bd years imprisonment on the following day.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 
The Applicant says that he has an appeal pending from the convictions and sentence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 
However, a copy of the petition of appeal has not been given to me.
\par 
\par The grounds of his application are that his appeal is likely to succeed, and that the appeal hearing is likely to be delayed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 
State counsel opposes the application.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 
She states that although the merits of the appeal are impossible to assess, the Applicant has only served two months of his total sentence of 4\'bd years and no petition of appeal has been seen by the court.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 She says that no good grounds exist to justify the grant of bail pending appeal.
\par 
\par Despite calling for the court file on the 20th of December 2004, it was not forwarded to the High Court Registry before this application was heard.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 I was forced to rely instead on submissions by the Applicant and State counsel.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 If a petition of appeal, or appeal letter has indeed been filed in the Magistrates\rquote  Court Registry, I am unaware of it.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 State counsel informs me that the value of the property alleged to have been robbed is in excess of $8000.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 The Applicant pleaded not guilty and the case proceeded to a full trial.
\par 
\par I cannot say whether the appeal is likely to succeed, or indeed if there is an appeal afoot at all.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 However, I am able to
 say that, assuming the Applicant filed his appeal in time, the hearing of his appeal is unlikely to be delayed for longer than a few months.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 This is not unreasonable in relation to a 4\'bd year term of imprisonment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 Further the sentence itself falls into the lower end of the tariff for robbery with violence, and does not appear to be wrong in principle.
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\par No exceptional grounds exist for the granting of bail pending appeal.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2821688  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4026492\charrsid2821688 This application is refused.
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\par At Suva
\par 29th December 2004
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