香港特別行政區 訴 施振威

香港特別行政區 訴 施振威

Leave to appeal was refused because the Court found the trial judge's directions, read as a whole and together with the second illustrative example and established jury guidance, fairly explained how to draw inferences; any minor imperfection did not amount to a material misdirection that would make the conviction...

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Citation
[2021] HKCA 1497
Parties
Applicant: SI Chun wai (施振威); Respondent: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Court
Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Judgment Date
6 October 2021
Case Number
CACC35/2018
Procedural Posture
Criminal — Application for Leave to Appeal Against Conviction / Court of Appeal — Permission/leave Hearing
Outcome
Application for leave to appeal against conviction refused
Legal Topics
Inference From Circumstantial Evidence, Unique Reasonable Inference, Jury Directions, Confession and Voluntariness, Misdirection and Unsafe Conviction
Source Language
ch
Criminal Law Evidence Appellate Review Jury Directions Inference From Circumstantial Evidence Unique Reasonable Inference Confession and Voluntariness Misdirection and Unsafe Conviction

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Parties

SI Chun wai (施振威)

Applicant

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal — Application for Leave to Appeal Against Conviction / Court of Appeal — Permission/leave Hearing

  1. 1 Whether the trial judge misdirected the jury by requiring a 'unique reasonable inference' in relation to circumstantial evidence
  2. 2 Whether the judge's illustrative examples (Octopus/rail example and washroom/watch example) improperly narrowed the jury's appreciation of the 'fact basis' for inferences
  3. 3 Whether any alleged misdirection rendered the conviction unsafe and warranted leave to appeal

Ratio Decidendi

Leave to appeal was refused because the Court found the trial judge's directions, read as a whole and together with the second illustrative example and established jury guidance, fairly explained how to draw inferences; any minor imperfection did not amount to a material misdirection that would make the conviction unsafe.

Court Disposition

Application for leave to appeal against conviction refused

Orders

  • Leave to appeal refused
  • Applicant warned under Criminal Procedure Ordinance s.83W regarding risk of sentence discount