Snook v WA

[2024] WASCA 56

Western Australia Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal
3. › Bail pending appeal
4. › Exceptional reasons
5. › Whether strongly arguable case on appeal
6. › Bail Act 1982 (WA), sch 1 pt C, cl 1, cl 3, cl 4A
1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal
3. › Bail pending appeal
4. › Latent duplicity
5. › Whether evidence revealed multiple offences fitting same description never particularised
6. › Criminal Procedure Act 2004 (WA), sch 1, cl 2(4), cl 8
1. Criminal Law
2. › Appeal
3. › Urgent appeal order
4. › Whether significant period of sentence would be served before appeal heard
5. › Whether priority justified

Quick Take

This decision applies established bail pending appeal principles without changing the law, but the court's approach to assessing latent duplicity arguments at the bail stage warrants attention.