29 Nov 2017
HKSAR v. BARROW LAMIN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. BARROW LAMIN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC219/2017
The judge's sentencing choices were lawfully open: the starting point for 4.24g of cocaine was correctly derived from applicable guidelines, a 3‑month uplift for the applicant's Form 8 recognizance status was justified by deterrence and abuse of privilege, and a 20% plea discount was appropriate where the guilty plea was first indicated on the second day of a 7‑day trial in accordance with HKSAR v Ngo Van Nam; accordingly there were no reasonably arguable grounds of appeal against sentence.