Read the full judgment text of CACC 000083/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 1 December 1998.
1. The applicant faced one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The count read that he, on 6th August 1997, at the lift lobby on the ground floor of Block 40, Sau Mau Ping Estate, unlawfully trafficked in dangerous drugs, namely 34.34 grammes of a mixture containing 9.94 grammes of heroin hydrochloride and 51 tablets containing 1 gramme of midazolam maleate. He pleaded not guilty to that charge and was found guilty after trial before Deputy Judge Wright in the District Court and sentenced t