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The Supreme Court of Appeal considered an application for leave to appeal in a criminal matter arising from the VBS Mutual Bank prosecution. It dismissed the application and discussed the separation of trials, reservation of questions of law, mootness, appealability, and prosecutorial discretion.
This may be relevant to criminal procedure matters involving separation of trials, section 319 reservations, and prosecutorial discretion.
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The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
Supports: Summary sentence 2 and the outcome of the matter.
Summary: Criminal Procedure – Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 (CPA) – separation of trials in terms of s 157 – application for leave to appeal dismissal of application for reservation of questions of law under s 319 – mootness – appealabi
Supports: Summary sentence 1 and the topics considered.
the separation of trials of the respondents from those of their co-accused.
Supports: Summary sentence 1 and the procedural context.