The Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed an application under r 50C(3) of the Criminal Appeal Rules to set aside its earlier judgment which had refused to re-open a finally disposed appeal. The Court confirmed it had power under r 50C(3) to set aside the intervening judgment (filed within 14 days) but not the original appeal judgment, and found no arguable basis to exercise that power. The case reaffirms that once an appeal has been finally disposed of, the Court lacks jurisdiction to re-open it on a later application.
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