Read the full judgment text of CACC 14/2016 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 23 September 2016.
1. Following his plea of guilty on 4 November 2015, the applicant was convicted by Deputy High Court Judge R. Lee, SC (“the Judge”) of a single count of unlawfully trafficking in 1.03 kilogrammes of a paste, which upon drying, was found to contain 870 grammes of a solid containing 52.87 grammes of cocaine, contrary to section 4(1)(a) and (3) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap. 134. The Judge held a Newton Hearing on the following day to deal with the applicant’s knowledge of the quantity of