Read the full judgment text of CACC 000282/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 14 November 1997.
1. The Applicant pleaded guilty on 17th January 1997 in the High Court before Deputy Judge Hartmann. The first count he admitted was the possession of a crystalline solid containing 0.09 gramme of methamphetamine hydrochloride ("ice") for which he received a sentence of nine months' imprisonment. The second count related to trafficking in a mixture containing 341.31 grammes of heroin hydrochloride, for which he received a concurrent sentence of nine years' imprisonment. The Applicant now seeks l