Read the full judgment text of CACC 000066/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 1 May 1997.
1. The applicant seeks leave to appeal against the sentence of 3 years 8 months' imprisonment imposed upon him for possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of trafficking. The amount of dangerous drugs was 48.1 grams of a mixture containing 32.57 grams of salts of esters of morphine. The main point of this application is that the offence occurred in December 1989. The applicant was given bail and then absconded. He was not rearrested until November 1996. Mr Percy for the applicant submits t