HKSAR v. Ale, Bal Chandra
Read the full judgment text of HCMA 70/2020 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 26 May 2020.
1. The appellant had been charged with breach of condition of stay and upon his plea of guilty, he was sentenced to 9 months’ imprisonment. The appellant was seemingly dissatisfied with the conviction and appeals against his conviction.
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HCMA 70/2020 [2020] HKCFI 979 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO 70 OF 2020 (ON APPEAL FROM STCC 183/2020) ________________________ BETWEEN
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________________________ J U D G M E N T ________________________ 1.The appellant had been charged with breach of condition of stay and upon his plea of guilty, he was sentenced to 9 months’ imprisonment. The appellant was seemingly dissatisfied with the conviction and appeals against his conviction. 2.As Mr Hui has pointed out, the appellant was properly represented in the magistrate’s court by a duty lawyer and also the plea and facts were read to him through an interpreter, so none of the circumstances rendering his plea a nullity existed and the appellant himself had merely given the court the reason for his appeal was that he wanted his liberty, that is not a reason for changing his plea and so this appeal is dismissed.
Mr Matthew Hui PP, of the Department of Justice, for the respondent The appellant appeared in person |