18 Apr 2016
HKSAR v. ZHANG WENJI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. ZHANG WENJI
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC71/2015
Leave to appeal was refused because the applicant's guilty pleas were unequivocal, informed and made after careful pre-trial consideration; the psychiatric evidence did not establish diminished responsibility, legal insanity or epileptic automatism; intoxication was not a defense to murder here; allegations of counsel incompetence and evidence fabrication were unsubstantiated and did not constitute the required overriding factors to render convictions unsafe.