Read the full judgment text of CACC 000632/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 June 2000.
1. On 26 November 1998, the Applicant pleaded guilty before Beeson J to manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility. His plea of not guilty to murder was accepted by the prosecution in the light of the psychiatric evidence that had been placed before the court. Sentence was then adjourned until 10 December 1998 when the judge imposed a sentence of life imprisonment. However, by oversight, the judge failed to comply with the provisions of section 67B of the Criminal Procedure Ordinanc
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