The interlocutory appeal provisions in ss 295-297 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic) cannot be invoked where the accused has pleaded guilty, because those provisions are premised on there being a 'trial' and a guilty plea renders a trial unnecessary. An accused who wishes to challenge a conviction resulting from a guilty plea following a refusal to allow a change of plea must instead appeal against conviction under Division 1 of Part 6.3 of the CPA.
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