A deliberate tactical decision by trial counsel regarding the timing of guilty pleas during a trial does not occasion a miscarriage of justice where the pleas, when entered, merely confirmed what was already evident from the way the defence case had been conducted. Complaints about the quality of cross-examination will not succeed where the transcript shows all necessary matters were put and challenged. Failure to obtain potentially impeaching material that counsel could not reasonably have known about does not ground a miscarriage of justice appeal.
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