R v French

[2004] QCA 125

SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND

CITATION:	R v French [2004] QCA 125
PARTIES:	R v FRENCH, David John (applicant)
FILE NO/S:	CA No 7 of 2004 DC No 1893 of 2003
DIVISION:	Court of Appeal
PROCEEDING:	Sentence Application
ORIGINATING COURT:	District Court at Brisbane
DELIVERED EX TEMPORE ON:	22 April 2004
DELIVERED AT:	Brisbane
HEARING DATE:	22 April 2004
JUDGES:	de Jersey CJ, Jerrard JA and Holmes J Judgment of the Court
ORDER:	Application dismissed
CATCHWORDS:	APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL AND INQUIRY AFTER CONVICTION – APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE – APPLICATIONS TO REDUCE SENTENCE – WHEN REFUSED – GENERALLY – where applicant did not attend  – where application dismissed
COUNSEL:	No appearance for the applicant M J Copley for the respondent
SOLICITORS:	No appearance for the applicant Director of Public Prosecutions (Queensland) for the respondent

THE CHIEF JUSTICE:  In this case, Mr French was in contact with the Registrar this morning, Mr Greig, and informed Mr Greig that he would not be attending here today.

Mr Greig offered to raise the possibility of the matter's being adjourned and, specifically, to its being adjourned to be listed during the Court of Appeal sittings later in the year in Townsville, where Mr French is currently located, but Mr French declined that offer.

In the circumstances we will dismiss the application.

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