18 Aug 1975
CHAN KWONG-MING v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- CHAN KWONG-MING v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC600/1975
The appellate court held that although custodial sentences were appropriate given the appellant's record and pattern of offending, the aggregate sentence of three years was excessive in all the circumstances (small amounts stolen totalling $24 and no violence); therefore the court substituted six months for each twelve-month sentence, maintained the magistrate's orders otherwise, reducing the overall sentence to eighteen months.