An extension of time to seek leave to appeal against sentence may be refused where the applicant provides an unpersuasive explanation for delay and the proposed appeal has no reasonable prospect of success. Claims of automatism, involuntary intoxication, and absence of memory do not provide a basis for additional mitigation where the applicant has entered guilty pleas.
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