Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000005/1999 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 27 April 1999.
1. The applicant was convicted of murder. He applied to the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal from that conviction but his application was refused. He now applies to this Committee for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal. He is well out of time. The decision of the Court of Appeal was delivered on 26 September 1997. Section 33(1) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance, Cap. 484, requires that an application for leave to appeal in a criminal case should be made within 28 days