Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000163/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 April 2001.
1. The appellant was charged with trafficking in 41 packets containing a total of 14.44 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. At the outset of his trial, he had indicated a willingness to plead guilty to possession of those drugs. However, that plea was not accepted by the prosecution and, after a trial before Mr S.M. Sham in North Kowloon Magistracy, he was convicted by the magistrate of the lesser offence of simple possession. He was sentenced by the magistrate for that offence to 15 months' impris