Read the full judgment text of CACC 000529/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 January 1998.
1. The applicant pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a certain quantity of cannabis resin and was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment. He was also convicted after trial before Deputy Judge Jackson and a jury in the High Court of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The quantity of drug involved was 333.32 grammes of a crystalline solid containing 189.12 grammes of methamphetamine hydrochloride which is commonly known as "ice". He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. He now applies for lea