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Hong Kong Case Law

Fingerprints and forensic evidence
  • 7 Aug 2013

    HKSAR v. TSE YU HIN

    Citation
    HKSAR v. TSE YU HIN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC458/2012

    The Court accepted the trial judge’s factual findings that PC5626 saw the applicant throw away an object and that the packet of ketamine later found in the immediate vicinity was that object, and held that the absence of fingerprints and procedural flaws did not render the conviction unsafe; accordingly leave to appeal against conviction was refused.

    • Trafficking in dangerous drugs
    • Search and seizure
    • Credibility of witnesses
    • Fingerprints and forensic evidence
    • Appellate review of credibility findings