The Queen v. Nenita B. Balmaceda
Read the full judgment text of HCMA 997/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 December 1995.
1. This was an appeal against a conviction and sentence for theft, possession of an unlawfully altered travel document and breach of condition of stay.
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HCMA000997/1995 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG (Appellate Jurisdiction) MAGISTRACY APPEAL NO. 997 OF 1995 ------------------
------------------- Coram : Hon. Duffy, J. in Court Date of hearing : 12 December 1995 Date of handing down judgment : 19 December 1995 ---------------------- J U D G M E N T ---------------------- 1. This was an appeal against a conviction and sentence for theft, possession of an unlawfully altered travel document and breach of condition of stay. 2. The Appellant appeared in person on the appeal and repeated the defence which she had presented at her trial. Suffice it to say that I was thoroughly unimpressed by that, and found no merit in her appeal against conviction which I dismissed. 3. So far as sentence was concerned, I was satisfied that the sentences imposed by the learned Magistrate were in all respects proper and fell within the normal range of sentences for offences of this nature. However, as an act of mercy, in order to modify the totality of the sentence, I reduced the sentence for the possession of an unlawfully altered travel document from 8 months to 4 months. The total sentence to be served, therefore, is 16 months as opposed to 20 months. The appeal against sentence was allowed to that extent. Representation: Mr F. Veltro, C.C., for Crown Appellant, Nenita B. Balmaceda, in person
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