What is the legal test for appeal against a criminal conviction?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Michaud v. Brodsky, 2007 MBQB 239 (CanLII):
While recognizing that there may be exceptions to the general rule, the Master adopted the statement of Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Hall v. Simons [2000] 3 All E.R. 673, at 686, who said, “Save in truly exceptional circumstances, the only permissible challenge to a criminal conviction is by way of appeal.”
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