31 Jan 1997
R. v. CHAN TAK KWONG
- Citation
- R. v. CHAN TAK KWONG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1167/1996
The magistrate was entitled to reject automatism because the psychiatric evidence showed only a short‑lived confusional episode and partial amnesia, not total loss of voluntary control, and the appellant retained sufficient control and awareness (demonstrated by the telephone call and deliberate repeated blows) to support findings of intentional conduct; the undisclosed reading of prior reports did not establish prejudicial influence on the magistrate's findings.