Read the full judgment text of CACC 000567/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 30 March 1997.
1. This applicant was convicted on 11th September 1996 following a trial in the District Court before H.H. Judge Sweeney. Sentence was imposed on 25th September 1996, after a report had been obtained from the Addiction Treatment Centre at Hei Ling Chau. On the first charge of possessing a mixture containing 19.54 grammes of heroin he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and on the second charge of resisting a police officer, contrary to section 63 of the Police Force Ordinance, Cap.232, he