Read the full judgment text of CACC 000376/1989 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 September 1990 before Sir Derek Cons, V.P., Silke, V.P., & Macdougall, J.A..
Criminal law – possession of dangerous drugs – joint possession – sufficiency of evidence – appeal – conviction substituted – Dangerous Drugs Ordinance – Wong Tai Sin – observation by police – jury – leave to appeal – application allowed – alternative count – 5,010 grammes mixture – 266 grammes morphine – 4,555 grammes mixture – 243 grammes morphine – no evidence of joint possession – substituted conviction on Count 2
Legal issues: Sufficiency of evidence that drugs were in bag at arrest · Joint possession of drugs with co-defendant
Outcome: Application for leave to appeal against conviction allowed; appeal treated as heard; conviction on Count 1 set aside; conviction on Count 2 substituted.