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Hong Kong Case Law

Confessions admissibility

  • 24 Apr 1998

    HKSAR v. TAI KWOK HEI

    Citation
    HKSAR v. TAI KWOK HEI
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC693/1997

    The Court held that the convictions should stand because the evidence (recent possession, substituted licence plate belonging to the Applicant, objective indicia of theft and the Applicant's admissions) amply supported inferences of theft and dishonest handling; any potential error on the application of the recent possession doctrine would not have led to a different result (proviso applies); the amendments to charges were trivial and did not require re-arraignment; and the confessions were properly admitted and did not render the trial unfair.

  • 19 Jul 1984

    THE QUEEN v. LEUNG CHEUK-FAW AND OTHERS

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. LEUNG CHEUK-FAW AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC964/1983

    The Court upheld the convictions: the jury directions, taken as a whole, were sufficient to distinguish murder from manslaughter and to require proof that each defendant shared the intent to use firearms in a way likely to cause grievous bodily harm; the contested custodial admissions were voluntary and were not obtained by deception or unfairness warranting exclusion, and together with corroborative evidence (including ballistic matches and confessions) they established common intent to support murder convictions under common design.