An extension of time to appeal against conviction and sentence will not be granted where the applicant has pleaded guilty, provides no sound reasons for the delay, and has no reasonable prospects of success. A guilty plea constitutes an admission of each ingredient of the charge and, absent rare and exceptional circumstances warranting withdrawal of the plea, precludes an appeal against conviction. A claimed defence to the charge is subsumed by the guilty plea.
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