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Topic

Evidence - identification

Legal area

Court

12 Nov 1997

HKSAR v. WONG CHO WA

Citation

HKSAR v. WONG CHO WA
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC334/1997

The trial judge's findings on identification, recovery of the stolen notes, timing and proximity to the scene were reliable; given those findings and appropriate application of sentencing principles (leadership as aggravation, reduction for good character and absence of an actual weapon, and totality), there was no merit in the appeal and both conviction and aggregate sentence were affirmed.
21 May 1992

THE QUEEN v. YEUNG WAI CHUNG

Citation

THE QUEEN v. YEUNG WAI CHUNG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC75/1991

The Court held the trial judge did not err in preferring the evidence of the police witness over the taxi driver and the accused, his reasons for finding the taxi driver's memory unreliable were permissible, the use of the phrase 'I prefer' did not indicate a departure from the burden of proof, and therefore the conviction was not unsafe; appeal dismissed.
22 Aug 1985

THE QUEEN v. TAM YIU CHI

Citation

THE QUEEN v. TAM YIU CHI
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA649/1985

Magistrate's factual finding that the victim identified the appellant as the caller, together with the threat to publicise information that would injure the daughter's reputation and the intent to coerce the victim, satisfied s.24(b)(ii); publication need not be an illegal act; conviction and six months' imprisonment upheld.