A sentence of suspended imprisonment for a contravention of s 6(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 (WA) is, as a matter of fact, exceptional. Where the sentencing judge has made an unchallenged finding of active low-level drug dealing, the grounds of appeal against a sentence of immediate imprisonment are unlikely to be strongly arguable so as to constitute exceptional reasons for bail pending appeal.
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