Read the full judgment text of CACC 384/2000 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 20 February 2001 before Stuart-Moore V-P, Wong JA, Woo JA.
Criminal law – sentencing – drug trafficking – heroin hydrochloride – totality principle – guideline – R v Lau Tak-ming – appeal against sentence – reduction – Appellant aged 78 – two charges of trafficking – aggregate 16g – District Court imposed 20 months and 40 months partially consecutive – total 50 months – failure to consider total quantity – proper sentence under guidelines: 5.5 years starting point – one-third discount – final sentence 44 months – appeal allowed – total sentence reduced to 44 months – no interference with individual sentences – only consecutive component adjusted
Legal issues: Totality principle in drug trafficking sentencing
Outcome: Appeal allowed in part; total sentence reduced from 50 months to 44 months imprisonment.
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