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Expert evidence (s65da)
  • 16 Jan 2017

    HKSAR v. YEUNG HOI SHAN

    Citation
    HKSAR v. YEUNG HOI SHAN
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA202/2016

    Having admitted fresh, admissible evidence (the treating doctor and the appellant) the court concluded beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant voluntarily and knowingly consumed a large quantity of alcohol despite being prescribed drugs and warned of risks, that the drugs were unlikely to have significant intoxicating effect some 20 hours after last dose, and therefore involuntary intoxication was not established; conviction was therefore upheld and the magistrate's decision sustained.