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Hong Kong Case Law

Mental capacity/instability
  • 21 Oct 2005

    HKSAR v. CHAN SAU CHEUNG

    Citation
    HKSAR v. CHAN SAU CHEUNG
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA836/2005

    The appeal was dismissed because the magistrate expressly found the defendant admitted the offence, was represented by the duty lawyer and showed no sign of emotional or mental instability; the appellant declined an offered adjournment to obtain further legal advice, and there was no evidence to undermine the voluntariness or validity of the guilty plea.