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Criminal law [2025] HKCA 635

HKSAR v. LE VU PHONG

Criminal appeal on jury directions, possession and trafficking. The Court granted leave only on one arguable conviction ground and granted leave to appeal sentence.

  • Possession
  • Trafficking
  • Jury directions
  • Inference from circumstantial evidence
  • Standard of proof
  • Leave to appeal
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Criminal law [2024] HKCA 1074

HKSAR v. EBHONUN AKONJIE ALEX

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against sentence out of time, finding no reasonable explanation for a 20-month delay and no arguable sentencing error.

  • Trafficking in dangerous drugs
  • Conspiracy to traffic
  • Leave to appeal out of time
  • Totality principle
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Controlled delivery
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Criminal law [2021] HKCA 1431

HKSAR v. LIMBU BINOD

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against sentence for a planned armed robbery, holding that a 13-year starting point, enhanced for Form 8 status, was not manifestly excessive.

  • Sentencing starting point
  • Aggravating factors
  • Form 8 recognizance
  • Guilty plea reduction
  • Manifestly excessive test
  • Comparative sentencing
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Criminal law [2020] HKCA 723

HKSAR v. MOHAMED HUSSAIN MOHAMED IMRAN

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against sentence for cocaine trafficking, holding the guilty plea was late and the evidence of threats did not justify a further discount.

  • Guilty plea discount
  • Assistance to prosecution (cooperating accomplice)
  • Form 8 recognizance
  • Dangerous drugs trafficking
  • Fresh evidence (s83v cpo)
  • Sentencing starting point
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Criminal law [2020] HKCA 313

HKSAR v. PRAMESTI SABRINA WILIS WIDURI

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against a 13-year sentence for trafficking cocaine, finding no error in the sentencing starting point, enhancement, or discount.

  • Trafficking in dangerous drugs
  • Cocaine
  • Starting point for sentence
  • Guilty plea discount
  • Assistance to authorities
  • Form 8 recognizance
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Criminal law [2020] HKCA 219

HKSAR v. MOHABUB ZAMAN MITHU

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against a 35-month drug-trafficking sentence, holding there was no arguable error in the sentencing judge’s approach.

  • Trafficking in dangerous drugs
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Guilty plea discount
  • Aggravating factors
  • Form 8 recognizance
  • Self-consumption discount
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Criminal law [2019] HKCA 625

HKSAR v. ZZAMAN MD ASADU

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against conviction and sentence for trafficking cocaine, holding the applicant’s own admissions established trafficking.

  • Trafficking
  • Possession for personal use
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Form 8 recognizance
  • Drug-trafficking
  • Criminal-sentencing
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Criminal law [2019] HKCA 158

HKSAR v. GODSON UGOCHUKWU OKORO

Appeal against sentence allowed in part for assistance to authorities, but the original 6 years 4 months' imprisonment was ultimately affirmed after a 6-month enhancement for Form 8 status.

  • Drug trafficking
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Role of courier
  • Assistance to authorities
  • Form 8 recognizance
  • Article 28 basic law
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Criminal law [2018] HKCA 869

HKSAR v. MD SHAJU

上訴庭拒絕批准就刑期上訴許可,認為原審正確套用毒品販運量刑指引、認罪三分之一扣減及整體量刑原則。

  • Trafficking of a dangerous drug
  • Possession of a dangerous drug
  • Guilty plea discount
  • Totality principle
  • Bail
  • Form 8 recognizance
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Criminal law [2018] HKCA 362

HKSAR v. JOOF SAIHOU

The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against a drug-trafficking sentence, holding that the starting point, guilty plea discount, and Form 8 enhancement were proper.

  • Form 8 recognizance
  • Guilty plea discount
  • Assistance to police
  • Sentencing guidelines
  • Entrapment
  • Drug-trafficking-sentencing
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