The Court of Appeal confirmed that once an appeal against conviction has been heard and determined on its merits, the right of appeal under s 668D Criminal Code 1899 (Qld) is exhausted, and no further appeal raising additional grounds may be brought, following Grierson v The King (1938) 60 CLR 431. The Court rejected the argument that s 58 of the Constitution of Queensland 2001 (conferring general jurisdiction on the Supreme Court) displaces the Grierson principle. The application for extension of time to appeal against the mandatory life sentence for murder was also refused as having no prospects of success.
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