A conditional stay of a criminal trial that is dependent on the Crown reversing a prosecutorial decision not to call a witness is a conditional stay of potentially permanent effect, attracting the correctness standard of appellate review and requiring the accused to demonstrate that the trial would be so unfair as to be inconsistent with the requirements of a fair trial.
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