17 May 2000
HKSAR v. CHEN CHING KEUNG
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHEN CHING KEUNG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1197/1999
The appeal was dismissed because the trial judge did not err in law or principle: the refusals to adjourn were reasonable given the speculative value of proposed tests and the availability of agreed summaries; the identification parade was properly conducted and untainted; discrepancies in descriptions and interruptions in the chase were matters for the trier of fact and did not undermine identity; automatism and lack of intent to resist were rejected on the facts; and the sentences, including consecutive terms and the use of the prior conviction as aggravating, were neither procedurally flaw…