香港特別行政區 對 黃泔誠
The trial judge's directions were comprehensive, correct and fair; the jury was entitled to reject the applicant's account and accept the police evidence that the drugs were located on the applicant and were possessed for trafficking; there was no arguable misdirection or legal error and no realistic prospect of...
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- Citation
- [2020] HKCA 627
- Parties
- Applicant: Wong Kam Shing (黃泔誠); Respondent: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Jurisdiction
- Hong Kong
- Judgment Date
- 23 July 2020
- Case Number
- CACC211/2019
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Conviction Appeal (application for Leave to Appeal Against Conviction) / Application for Leave to Appeal to the Court of Appeal (criminal)
- Outcome
- Application for leave to appeal against conviction refused; conviction and sentence upheld.
- Legal Topics
- Possession of Controlled Drug, Trafficking, Voluntariness of Confession, Judicial Directions to Jury, Credibility of Witnesses
- Source Language
- ch
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Parties
Wong Kam Shing (黃泔誠)
Applicant
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Conviction Appeal (application for Leave to Appeal Against Conviction) / Application for Leave to Appeal to the Court of Appeal (criminal)
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the trial judge misdirected the jury such that the conviction was unsafe
- 2 Whether the applicant's confessions and signed record were voluntary and admissible
- 3 Whether the drugs were found on the applicant and whether possession was for trafficking rather than personal use
Ratio Decidendi
The trial judge's directions were comprehensive, correct and fair; the jury was entitled to reject the applicant's account and accept the police evidence that the drugs were located on the applicant and were possessed for trafficking; there was no arguable misdirection or legal error and no realistic prospect of success on appeal, so leave to appeal against conviction is refused.
Court Disposition
Application for leave to appeal against conviction refused; conviction and sentence upheld.
Orders
- Leave to appeal against conviction refused
- Conviction and sentence upheld
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CACC 211/2019 [2020] HKCA 627 香港特別行政區 高等法院上訴法庭 刑事司法管轄權 定罪上訴許可申請 刑事上訴案件2019年第211號 (原高等法院原訟法庭刑事案件2018年第314號) 答辯人 香港特別行政區 對 申請人 黃泔誠(wong kam shing) 主審法官: 高等法院上訴法庭副庭長楊振權 聆訊日期: 2020年7月23日 判案書日期: 2020年7月23日 判案書 引言 申請人(黃泔誠)被控在2018年4月28日在新界青衣長亨邨巴士總站販運25.4克晶狀固體,內含24.3克“冰毒”。該批毒品巿值約17,000多港元。 申請人否認控罪,並在高等法院原訟法庭法官張慧玲(原審法官)會同陪審團席前受審。2019年7月3日,陪審團裁定申請人罪名成立,而原審法官在同日判處申請人入獄8年。 申請人不服定罪,現提出上訴許可申請,要求獲准就定罪上訴。 控方案情 控方指控申請人的案情簡單直接。2018年4月28日,5名警員在青衣長亨邨巴士總站截查申請人。由於申請人表現慌張,而回答警員的問題時亦前言不對後語,因此警員表示要搜查申請人的底褲。期間,申請人企圖逃走,但被警員喝止及鎖上手扣。警員帶申請人到停泊在附近的一輛警方的私家車進行搜身。 警員在申請人底褲近私處位置檢獲涉案的毒品。申請人在警誡下承認他替人帶毒品以取得500元報酬。警員將上述過程記錄在記事冊,而申請人有簽名確認。 其後,申請人和警員進行錄影會面時再一次承認替人販毒以賺取報酬,但他指自己還未收到錢就被拘捕。 答辯理由 申請人承認管有涉案毒品,但力稱毒品是作自用。申請人否認涉案毒品是在他身上搜出。他指涉案毒品是他掉在地上後,被警員拾起。申請人力稱他是打算將毒品帶返家中吸食。 申請人亦指是在警員威逼利誘及逼他承認販毒下,才在記事冊簽名。他指該簽名並非他自願作出,而記事冊的內容亦非真確。申請人力稱他是在警員“又打又”下,才照警員的指示,在錄影會面時作出有關招認。 上訴理由 申請人提出數項上訴理由。他指原審法官有錯誤引導陪審團,令陪審團認為他的證供不可信。他亦指警員的證供不可信,而原審法官錯誤引導陪審團導致陪審團作出不公平的決定。 討論 本席已有小心考慮案件的背景及雙方的證據。本席亦有分析原審法官給予陪審團的指引。 本席不同意申請人的說法。本席認為原審法官給予陪審團的指引是全面、正確及公平的。 本案的裁決全屬事實裁決。陪審團必然是否定申請人的證供,並根據控方的證據裁定涉案毒品是從申請人身上搜出。陪審團亦必然推論申請人管有涉案毒品作販運用。 陪審團有權接納控方證人的證供,並根據該些證供裁定申請人管有涉案毒品作販運用。 本席認為針對申請人的定罪裁決是穩妥的。申請人提出的上訴理由沒有可爭拗的地方,更沒有成功的機會。 因此,本席不批准申請人就定罪提出的上訴許可申請。 (楊振權) 高等法院上訴法庭副庭長 答辯人: 由律政司高級檢控官柏愛莉代表。 申請人:沒有律師代表,親自應訊。