Read the full judgment text of CACC 000360/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 8 July 1997 before Hon Power V-P, Mayo JA and Wong J.
Criminal law – dangerous drugs – manufacturing – trafficking – good character direction – credibility – propensity – sentencing – manifest excessiveness – appeal – The applicant was convicted of manufacturing and trafficking dangerous drugs after a trial. He sought leave to appeal against conviction on the ground that the trial judge failed to give an adequate direction on good character, specifically on propensity. The Court of Appeal held that the judge's direction was adequate and within his discretion, as the applicant had a prior conviction and was not strictly entitled to a full good character direction. The application for leave to appeal against conviction was refused. On sentence, the court found that 28 years' imprisonment for manufacturing was manifestly excessive and reduced it to 25 years, to be served concurrently with the 24-year trafficking sentence.
Legal issues: Adequacy of good character direction · Manifest excessiveness of sentence on manufacturing count
Outcome: Application for leave to appeal against conviction refused. Appeal against sentence allowed in part; sentence on manufacturing count reduced from 28 years to 25 years.
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