Poon Hon-kwong v. The Queen

Case No.CACC 1336/1976

Court

Court of Appeal

Date01 Mar 1977

Judge—

Case Document

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CACC001336/1976

IN THE SUPREME COURT	Criminal Appeal
	1976 No. 1336

BETWEEN:
	POON Hon-kwong	Appellant
	and
	THE QUEEN	Respondent

Coram: Briggs, C.J., Huggins & Pickering, JJ.A.

Date of Judgment: 1 March, 1977.

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JUDGMENT

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1. The appellant pleaded guilty to being in possession of dangerous drugs for the purpose of trafficking and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment. He appeals against that sentence.

2. Acting upon information, the police searched his room and discovered forty-nine grammes of morphine in a bedroom cupboard.

3. The appellant has three previous convictions of simple possession of dangerous drugs. He has been drug addicted since 1973 and unemployed since 1976. He is 31 years old.

4. We think that the sentence of five years is unduly heavy in the circumstances of this case so the appeal will be allowed to the extent of reducing the sentence from five years to three and a half years' imprisonment.

	(Geoffrey Briggs)
	President.

Representation:

Goodbody (Haldane & Co.) for appellant.

Kitson for crown.