Read the full judgment text of CACC 000484/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 February 1999.
1. The applicant in this matter faced one charge of trafficking in a dangerous drug, it being alleged that on 2nd January 1997, at 234-236 Wanchai Road, he unlawfully trafficked in 54.59 grammes of a mixture containing 46.01 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. He pleaded not guilty to that charge but indicated that he was prepared to plead guilty to a charge of simple possession and when that charge was read before the court he entered his plea. He was sentenced to imprisonment for 3 years by Deput