Read the full judgment text of CACC 000446/1995 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 9 January 1996.
1. On May 23 last year, this applicant, a man in his mid 30's, pleaded guilty before HH Judge McMahon to one charge of trafficking in dangerous drugs, namely 25.54 gms of a mixture containing 18.19 gms of salts of esters of morphine. In order to learn more about the applicant's background, the judge sent for a probation report. Sentence was passed on June 13 last year. The applicant was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. He now seeks leave to appeal against that sentence, contending that it