An accused person has no right of appeal under the Criminal Appeals Act 2004 (WA) against a pre-conviction refusal of a permanent stay of proceedings. Section 23 confers appeal rights only upon convicted offenders. The asymmetry with s 24(2)(c), which gives the prosecutor a right of appeal against a stay order, is deliberate and reflects the different consequences of granting versus refusing a stay.
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