Read the full judgment text of CACC 000928/1978 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 28 May 1979.
1. The Appellant was charged with possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of unlawful trafficking. He pleaded Not guilty and was convicted after a trial. He filed Notice of Appeal against conviction and sentence but has abandoned his appeal against conviction. The sentence imposed upon him was one of four and a half years' imprisonment and it is submitted on his behalf that this is out of line with the sentences which have been passed in similar cases in the recent past. The amount of drug