Read the full judgment text of CACC 000571/1989 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 13 June 1990.
1. The applicant was convicted, after trial before His Honour Judge Caird in the District Court, for possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of unlawful trafficking. The amount of drugs concerned was 31.95 grammes of a mixture containing 2.29 grammes of salts of esters of morphine. Subsequent to conviction the trial judge obtained reports because he considered that the case presented some unusual aspects. The net result was that on the 12th of April 1989, the trial judge placed the applica