The doctrine of merger does not deprive the Court of Criminal Appeal of jurisdiction to hear a s 5F interlocutory appeal after conviction; merger relates to the substitution of liability, not to interlocutory decisions made during proceedings. However, leave to appeal under s 5F will ordinarily be refused where the applicant has made a forensic decision to delay and can raise the issues on a conviction appeal.
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