A plea of guilty entered on comprehensive legal advice after the accused's efforts to obtain psychiatric support for a defence of absence of intent had failed, where the accused was an intelligent person who had participated extensively in the conduct of his litigation and was not overborne by his legal representatives, will not be set aside as a miscarriage of justice even where the accused was under stress and would have preferred more time. Disagreement with the forensic course taken by legal representatives in a sentence appeal does not constitute denial of procedural fairness warranting reopening of a perfected appeal.
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