香港特別行政區 訴 郭健明

香港特別行政區 訴 郭健明

The application for leave to appeal was refused because the trial judge gave correct and adequate directions on the voluntariness and exclusion of recorded interviews, on the fairness of the identification parade, and on the limited probative value of the hat and CCTV; the central disputes of credibility and...

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Citation
[2020] HKCA 543
Parties
Applicant: KWOK Kin ming, Timothy (郭健明); Respondent: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Court
Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Judgment Date
30 June 2020
Case Number
CACC276/2018
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal (application for Leave to Appeal Against Conviction) / Post Conviction Leave Application (refused)
Outcome
application for leave to appeal against conviction refused
Legal Topics
Robbery, Attempted Robbery, Cautioned Interview/confession Admissibility, Identification Parade, CCTV Evidence, DNA Evidence, Search and Seizure, Jury Directions, Leave to Appeal
Source Language
ch
Criminal Law Evidence Criminal Procedure Forensic Evidence Identification Law Robbery Attempted Robbery Cautioned Interview/confession Admissibility +6 more

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Parties

KWOK Kin ming, Timothy (郭健明)

Applicant

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal (application for Leave to Appeal Against Conviction) / Post Conviction Leave Application (refused)

  1. 1 Whether the recorded cautioned interviews could be relied upon or had to be wholly excluded if jury was not satisfied police had threatened or induced the appellant
  2. 2 Whether identification parade was unfair and identification evidence unreliable
  3. 3 Whether CCTV and common items (hat) could lawfully be compared across offences to identify the same offender

Ratio Decidendi

The application for leave to appeal was refused because the trial judge gave correct and adequate directions on the voluntariness and exclusion of recorded interviews, on the fairness of the identification parade, and on the limited probative value of the hat and CCTV; the central disputes of credibility and identity were properly left to the jury, which was entitled to reject the confessions, accept the identification for count 4 and conclude by lawful comparison of CCTV that the offender in count 3 was the same person, and there was no arguable misdirection or legal error warranting leave.

Court Disposition

application for leave to appeal against conviction refused

Orders

  • Leave to appeal against conviction refused
  • Applicant warned under Criminal Procedure Ordinance s.83W of risk of sentence reduction