Read the full judgment text of CACC 000391/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 18 December 1998.
1. The applicant pleaded guilty before Deputy Judge Wong in the Court of First Instance to one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and one count of assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty. For the drug offence, he was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment and for the assault offence, he was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment consecutive. The total sentence was further reduced to one of 7 1/2 years imprisonment on account of his youth. The applicant now applies for leave to appe