24 Aug 1995
R. v. CHUNG TAM
- Citation
- R. v. CHUNG TAM
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA408/1995
The magistrate lawfully admitted the appellant's post‑arrest statement as voluntary after conducting the alternative procedure and assessing the totality of the evidence; the refreshment of PW2's memory from his statement was permissible given the statement was made when events were fresh and the magistrate resolved any inconsistency; there was ample evidence to uphold the trafficking conviction. However, the sentence was excessive given the small quantity (0.14g mixture, 0.11g morphine salts), lack of evidence that the venue was a drugs 'black spot', and sentencing guidance in Lau Tak Ming r…