11 Aug 1995
R. v. CHAN LEONG
- Citation
- R. v. CHAN LEONG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA169/1995
Where disputed facts are closely bound up with the ingredients of the offence and with prosecutorial discretion under Attorney General guidelines, a Newton enquiry is proper; facts found on that enquiry are relevant to the degree of mitigation and an unsuccessful challenge may reduce the credit for remorse; accordingly the magistrate was justified in holding a Newton enquiry and in imposing a heavier-than-tariff sentence on the facts of this case.