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
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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) ____________________ BETWEEN
____________________ Before : Hon Ma CJHC, Stuart-Moore VP and McMahon J Date of Hearing : 2 November 2005 Date of Judgment : 2 November 2005 ______________________ J U D G M E N T ______________________ 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.
Ms Grace Chan, SGC, of the Department of Justice, for the Respondent. The Applicant, in person. |