The prospects of success on the substantive application are relevant to whether an extension of time should be granted under s 313 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 for review of a refusal to certify an interlocutory appeal, and there is no point in extending time if the application has no prospect of success. A guilty plea entered at committal in the Magistrates' Court remains admissible as evidence at trial in the County Court where the accused changes the plea on arraignment, and the onus lies on the accused to establish the evidentiary basis for exclusion by demonstrating the plea was not a true admission of guilt.
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