A stay of criminal sentencing proceedings pending appeal against conviction requires exceptional circumstances, and the threshold is even higher for a second application on substantially the same grounds. The decision in [name withheld] v Western Australia on adequacy of reasons is of limited assistance where the case is one of word against word (credibility) rather than identification, and where the trial judge has set out the evidence at length noting concessions, inconsistencies and conflicts.
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