31 Mar 2000
HKSAR v. WONG CHI YUK
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WONG CHI YUK
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA381/1999
The guilty plea was not a nullity: the admitted facts included a confession to sneaking into Hong Kong and the appellant's allegations of duress and mistake were found not credible; misunderstanding of law is insufficient to vitiate a plea unless the admitted facts do not disclose the offence or the charge is defective; consequently the court lacked jurisdiction under s113(1) to entertain the appeal and the appeal is dismissed.