The District Court has power under ss 21(1) and 22 of the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 (NSW) to dismiss a criminal appeal summarily for failure to appear, and sentence appeals by way of rehearing may properly be conducted by reference to selected evidentiary material on which the parties seek to rely rather than the entirety of the Local Court record.
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