Overview

• Her 28-day appeal window from the September 8 sentence expires at midnight on October 6 in Victoria.
• Her legal team is expected to ask the Supreme Court to extend time to file under the chief justice’s practice direction, which permits up to a further 28 days.
• The directive applies from October 1 to March 31 and requires an application for leave and a concise written case capped at 10 pages.
• Patterson has retained a new barrister for the appeal and is expected to seek legal aid due to a restraining order over her Leongatha property.
• Prosecutors have the same deadline to decide whether to seek a tougher outcome on the 33-year non-parole period.