A second application for leave to appeal against sentence will be refused where the applicant relies on a contingency that has not yet materialised (here, the Victorian parole authorities had not yet determined the issue) and the sentence is within range on comparable authorities regardless of the alleged error. The question whether a prior refusal of leave to appeal constitutes a jurisdictional bar to a second application (R v Upson (No 2)) remains open in Queensland.
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