Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000115/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 2 March 1999.
1. The Appellant pleaded guilty before the Magistrate in respect of a charge of possession of a dangerous drug, namely, one packet consisting of plastic wrappings containing 0.3 grammes of a mixture containing 0.18 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. In passing sentence, the Magistrate took a starting point of 12 months and reduced that sentence by one-third to a term of eight months' imprisonment. It is very clear from the Reasons for Sentence that the Magistrate had taken into account the relevan