There is no right of appeal to the Queensland Court of Appeal against interlocutory orders made in relation to a trial on indictment, including orders refusing to stay or quash an indictment for abuse of process. Section 254 of the Supreme Court Act 1995 (Qld) does not extend to such orders, and the Criminal Code ch 67 exhaustively defines appellate rights in respect of proceedings on indictment. An accused person's complaints about interlocutory rulings can only be agitated on an appeal against conviction. Separately, the principle in Rowley that an accessory after the fact cannot be dealt with until the principal offender's guilt is determined is inapplicable in Queensland by reason of s 569 of the Criminal Code.
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