Read the full judgment text of CACC 000300/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 14 March 2001.
1. On 3 May 1999, the Applicant pleaded guilty in the Court of First Instance to a charge of trafficking in a mixture containing 265.22 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. The offence took place on 15 May 1998. There was, however, a further count on the indictment which alleged a conspiracy with Cheng Fuk-wah to traffic in heroin hydrochloride between 20 July 1997 and 19 August 1997. Following a trial before Beeson J and a jury, the Applicant was convicted on this count. He received a sentence of 1