Read the full judgment text of CACC 000108/1989 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 15 June 1990.
1. The applicant who was jointly charged with two others pleaded guilty to two charges of possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of unlawful trafficking before Bewley J. He was sentenced to imprisonment for seven years on each charge, the sentences to be served concurrently. A discount of one year was given for the plea. The applicant admitted having 573.70 grammes of a mixture containing 39.11 grammes of salts of esters of morphine on his person on the 5th of November 1988 and 516 gramme