2 Dec 1971
LI FU PING v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- LI FU PING v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC737/1971
Because the magistrate had expressly intended to impose a sentence permitting release for Chinese New Year but miscalculated the effect of remission, the appellate court may modify the sentence to correct that calculation and give effect to the sentencing court's intention; accordingly the eight month sentence was reduced to seven and a half months.