WONG Tak-leung v THE QUEEN

Read the full judgment text of CACC 000645/1981 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 June 1982.

1. On a trial before a judge and jury this Applicant was convicted on one count of murder, on three counts of wounding with intent and on a fifth count of robbery. He was thereupon sentenced to death on the first count, 15 years on the three wounding charges and 7 years' imprisonment for the robbery.  He was convicted and sentenced on 9th July. The time for appeal therefore expired on 6th August. On 16th July he filed Notice of Appeal. The Notice which he filed contained no grounds of appeal. On