16 May 1977
CHAN CHUNG-CHUEN AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- CHAN CHUNG-CHUEN AND OTHERS v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC60/1977
First and third appellants' convictions were upheld because there was ample evidence of agreement to sell morphine and of possession of the drug recovered from the taxi; second appellant's conviction was quashed because the jury were not properly directed on central aspects of his defence and the conviction was therefore unsafe; fourth appellant's conviction was quashed because the presumption arising from possession of the key had been rebutted sufficiently and conviction was unsafe; appellate reduction of first and third sentences from 12 to 10 years was appropriate given sentence severity.