Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000612/2009 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 December 2009.
1. The appellant, a 35-year-old French national, was convicted on his own plea at Eastern Magistracy of an offence of possessing 1.57 grammes of cocaine. He was fined $2,000 and sentenced to a term of 4 months’ imprisonment suspended for 2 years. He appeals that sentence on the ground that it was wrong in principle and too severe.
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