4 Oct 2000
HKSAR v. MOK CHUN WING
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MOK CHUN WING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA727/2000
The magistrate erred by adopting the statutory maximum as the starting point for sentence, thereby eliminating necessary leeway to distinguish levels of culpability; appellate court set appropriate starting points (14 months and 18 months), applied a one‑third guilty plea discount producing sentences of 9 and 12 months respectively, and ordered them to run concurrently for a total effective sentence of 12 months.