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Originally Posted by flylock shox
Maybe the law is different down there, but the proper course of action should be to reopen the case with a new trial, then stay the proceedings. For the state to take the position it has in this case... ugh. Up here we speak of the "honour of the Crown" and I'm pretty sure Her Majesty would not approve.
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The case was reopened with a new trial, the guilty plea was then followed by a sentence of time served.