Read the full judgment text of CACC 000367/1993 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 November 1993 before Yang CJ, Macdougall VP.
Criminal law – appeal against sentence – guilty plea – discount – leave to appeal – concurrent sentences – forcible detention – wounding with intent – kidnapping conspiracy – absconding – strength of evidence – starting point – Wong Ping-yu principle – R. v. So Hung-lee – sentences reduced from 6,7,8 years to 5,6,7 years.
Legal issues: Adequacy of discount for guilty plea in sentence appeal
Outcome: Application for leave to appeal against sentence allowed; appeal allowed; sentences reduced on all three counts.