Gavin WILLIAMS v The Queen

The Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales heard an appeal by Gavin Williams against his conviction. The appeal concerned both the conviction itself, which followed a plea of guilty, and the sentence imposed.

The primary legal issues before the Court were whether the trial judge erred in refusing an adjournment of the proceedings and whether there were grounds to permit the appellant to withdraw his plea of guilty. The appeal against sentence was withdrawn by the appellant.

The Court found no error in the trial judge's refusal of the adjournment, determining that the circumstances did not warrant such an intervention. Furthermore, the Court concluded that there were no valid grounds upon which to allow the withdrawal of the guilty plea. Consequently, the appeal against conviction was dismissed. The appeal against sentence was also dismissed as it had been withdrawn.