Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000037/2007 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 10 October 2007.
1. This applicant was convicted in the High Court by a majority of 5:2 of trafficking in a dangerous drug. His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeal. He now seeks leave to appeal out of time in order to argue before the Court of Final Appeal that substantial and grave injustice to him was occasioned by the trial judge’s direction to the jury that “4:3 is a verdict that the court cannot accept”. In Chan Kar Leung v. HKSAR , FACC Nos. 5 & 6 of 2006, 6 November 2006, the Court was conce