30 Aug 2019
HKSAR v. STEFANOVICH NIKITA
- Citation
- [2019] HKCA 348
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC159/2018
Leave to appeal was refused and the appeal dismissed because the applicant's assistance and anti-drug campaign participation were limited and unproven such that no further reduction was warranted; established authorities justify applying the heroin gram-for-gram tariff to cocaine and enhancing sentences for the international element; the claim that personal circumstances are effectively excluded from mitigation was rejected as not arbitrary or in breach of BL28 and the personal mitigation did not materially affect sentence.