Giowkos v The Queen

[2000] HCATrans 25

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Office of the Registry
  Perth  No P37 of 1998

B e t w e e n -

TRAJKOS GIOWKOS

Applicant

and

THE QUEEN

Respondent

Application for special leave to appeal

GAUDRON J
HAYNE J

TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

AT SYDNEY ON FRIDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2000, AT 2.31 PM

Copyright in the High Court of Australia

GAUDRON J:   The applicant, who relies on his written submissions, seeks an extension of time within which to apply for special leave to appeal from a decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal of Western Australia.  That court dismissed an appeal by the applicant from his conviction for cultivating cannabis with intent to sell or supply.  We have considered the written submissions upon which the applicant relies, the supplementary application book which he has filed, the summing up of the trial judge and the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal.  We are of the view that there was no miscarriage of justice and thus this is not an appropriate case for the grant of special leave.  However, the appropriate order is that the application for extension of time be dismissed.  We order accordingly.

We will reconstitute.

AT 2.32 PM THE MATTER WAS CONCLUDED