Read the full judgment text of CACC 000682/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 27 March 1997.
1. The applicant was found in possession of three resealable plastic packets of dangerous drugs which consisted of a total mixture of 42.06 grammes containing 35.23 grammes of heroin hydrochloride. He was charged with trafficking in dangerous drugs but, after trial, was convicted of simple possession. As he had been willing to admit to the offence of possession throughout the Judge dealt with him as if he had been charged with and had pleaded guilty to possession. The Judge therefore gave him th