A guilty plea entered or maintained in reliance on a magistrate's erroneous indication of a sentence below the statutory minimum will be set aside as unfairly induced, particularly where the prosecution was denied the opportunity to make submissions on the proposed course. Severe injury sustained after conviction may provide a satisfactory explanation for delay in lodging an appeal.
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