29 Mar 1969
CHAU KAM MING v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- CHAU KAM MING v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC718/1968
Leave to appeal was refused because the sentences of five years on each count were within judicial discretion given the appellant's repeated similar offences and prior convictions; the court held there is no rule requiring volunteered offences to be left uncharged and that confessions or guilty pleas do not automatically establish contrition — assessment of contrition and appropriate sentencing is for the trial judge; District Judges constrained by the five‑year limit must impose that maximum where appropriate.