Read the full judgment text of CACC 000337/1985 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 19 November 1985.
1. On the 23rd of July the applicant was convicted of two counts of possession of dangerous drugs for the purposes of unlawful trafficking. He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in respect of each count - the sentences to run concurrently. The conviction took place following a trial which began on the 22nd of July before a judge and jury. The verdicts were unanimous. It took the jury only 47 minutes to reach them. On the 12th of August he applied for leave to appeal against conviction and s