Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001212/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 January 2000.
1. On 16 November 1999 the appellant pleaded guilty before D L Duggan Esquire, Principal Magistrate, to three charges of possession of dangerous drugs. In each case these were packets of a mixture whose narcotic content was heroin ranging in size from .67 to 1.32 grammes. He was sentenced on each charge to 6 months' imprisonment to be served consecutively. He appeals those sentences on the grounds that they were too severe.