18 Jan 2005
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. CHEUNG KA MAN
- Citation
- SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. CHEUNG KA MAN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2218/2004
The judge exercised the power in s.67C(4)(b) to quash the respondent's sentence of detention at Her Majesty's pleasure and substituted a determinate sentence of 28 years' imprisonment because the killing was impulsive, precedent supported a 29-year determinate term for similar youth killings, and the respondent's sustained rehabilitation and psychological assessments justified a one-year discount.