HKSAR v. Yau Man Wo

Read the full judgment text of CACC 68/2005 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 2 November 2005.

1. There has been a history of delay since 7 May 2005 when legal aid was refused and today, the applicant having maintained his application for an adjournment, we have refused to adjourn the hearing.  In the result, the applicant has indicated that he wished to abandon his application for leave to appeal against conviction.  We have had a considerable time in which to assess the merits of the applicant’s homemade grounds of appeal and also the grounds settled by his trial counsel which the appli

Case No.CACC 68/2005
Court
Court of Appeal
Date02 Nov 2005
Judge
Case Document
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CACC 68/2005

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

criminal APPEAL NO. 68 OF 2005

(ON APPEAL FROM DCCC NO. 1066 of 2004)

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BETWEEN

  HKSAR Respondent
  and  
  YAU MAN WO (邱萬和) Applicant

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Before : Hon Ma CJHC, Stuart-Moore VP and McMahon J

Date of Hearing : 2 November 2005

Date of Judgment : 2 November 2005

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J U D G M E N T

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Stuart-Moore, VP (giving the judgment of the Court):

1.There has been a history of delay since 7 May 2005 when legal aid was refused and today, the applicant having maintained his application for an adjournment, we have refused to adjourn the hearing.  In the result, the applicant has indicated that he wished to abandon his application for leave to appeal against conviction.  We have had a considerable time in which to assess the merits of the applicant’s homemade grounds of appeal and also the grounds settled by his trial counsel which the applicant handed to us during these proceedings.  There is, in our opinion, no merit whatsoever in any of the grounds.  As this application has not been pursued by the applicant, it is dismissed.

(Geoffrey Ma)
Chief Judge,
High Court
(M. Stuart-Moore)
Vice-President
(M.A. McMahon)
Judge of the
Court of First Instance

Ms Grace Chan, SGC, of the Department of Justice, for the Respondent.

The Applicant, in person.